Tailored Treatment of Insomnia in Social and Health Care Sector Shift Workers in Occupational Health Care

Launched by FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH · Feb 13, 2025

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This clinical trial is looking at how effective a special type of therapy called cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is for people who work shifts in the social and health care sector. The main goal is to see if this tailored therapy can help reduce insomnia symptoms, improve mental health, and enhance overall quality of life for these workers. Researchers will compare the effects of CBT-I, which involves six individual sessions, to a simpler intervention that provides sleep hygiene counseling in just one session.

To participate in the trial, you need to be between 18 and 65 years old, work in the social or health care sector, and have been working shifts that include night shifts at least once a month. You should also have been experiencing insomnia for at least three months, with a severity score indicating significant trouble sleeping. Participants will keep track of their sleep patterns using a diary and questionnaires at the start of the study, after 12 weeks, and again six months later. It's important to note that the therapy materials are only available in Finnish, and those with certain mental health issues or other sleep disorders may not be eligible.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • age 18-65 years
• • working in social and heath care sector
• • 3- or 2-shift work including night shift at least once per month
• • full time or nearly full time shift work (75-100 %)
• • Insomnia Severity Index score \> 10
• • duration of insomnia symptoms at least 3 months
• • shift work continuing for at least the next year
• • sufficient Finnish language skills (coaching materials in Finnish only)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • non-assessed or untreated clinically significant somatic or mental symptoms or illnesses or other sleep disorders that could explain current insomnia symptoms
• • earlier participation to CBT-I
• • other ongoing or planned psychotherapeutic/psychological intervention