Internet-delivered CBT-I (Space for Sleep): Pilot and Feasibility

Launched by SILVER CLOUD HEALTH · Jul 29, 2020

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Meta-analytic evidence have shown that internet-delivered CBT-I works at improving insomnia severity, sleep efficiency, subjective sleep quality, wake after sleep onset, sleep onset latency, total sleep time, and number of nocturnal awakenings at post-treatment (Zachariae et al., 2016). Furthermore, these interventions have also been shown efficacious in decreasing depressive symptoms (Christensen et al., 2016).

However, no studies have explored the effects of internet-delivered CBT-I in routine care settings and all of them recruited a self-selected sample, which limits the generalizabili...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • At least 18 years old
• • Reporting difficulty getting to sleep and/or staying asleep as their primary presentation
• • Suitability for an internet intervention (i.e. willingness to engage on the iCBT intervention, ability to read English, access internet, the capacity and willingness to consent)
• • No suicidal or self-harm risk and no specific communication needs.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Score above 0 on PHQ-9 question 9
• • Diagnosed psychotic illness
• • Currently on psychological or pharmacological treatment for sleep disorder
• • Alcohol or drug misuse
• • Previous diagnosis of an organic mental health disorder,
• • Have an unstable medication regimen.