Tailoring an Internet Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Persons with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases (REPOSE)

McGill University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Insomnia

Treatments: Behavioral: Internet Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Persons with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseass

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06674317

2021-6547

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi) is considered a first-line treatment for insomnia. Access to this treatment option is limited therefore the investigators have been developing an internet delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (I-CBTi) to help overcome accessibility barriers.

The purpose of this study is to pilot test a tailored internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (I-CBTi) intervention for persons with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases showing symptoms of insomnia.

Enrollment: 52 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Self-reported physician diagnosis of one or more of the following Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis or other spondyloarthropathies, systemic lupus erythematosus
• Have an e-mail address and internet access
• Speak and read English or French
• Resident of Canada and living in Canada for the duration of the trial
• Have insomnia symptoms ( score ≥8 on the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) )

Exclusion criteria

• Self-reported sleep disorder diagnosed by a physician other than insomnia (e.g. obstructive sleep apnea)
• Severe psychiatric disorder (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) or neurological disorders (e.g diagnosis of dementia, Parkinson disease, epilepsy)
• Already involved in psychotherapy addressing sleep difficulties
• Shift work in the past 3 months or next 6 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm 1: Internet delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia group

Experimental group

Description:

This group you will have access to the internet delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia intervention following the completion of the first study entry questionnaire.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Internet Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Persons with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseass

Arm 2: Wait list Control Group

Other group

Description:

This wait list control group will be offered access to the internet delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia intervention AFTER completion of the third online questionnaires 5 months after group assignment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Internet Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Persons with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseass