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Sleep hygiene intervention in elderly with insomnia

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: G470- Insomnia
Registration Number
CTRI/2024/04/066265
Lead Sponsor
niversity of PIttsburgh
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1)Elderly aged 60 years and above

2)With self-reported insomnia or reported by family member (definition of insomnia will follow fulfilment of the A and B criteria of DSM 5 criteria for Insomnia disorder)

Exclusion Criteria

-With current history of delirium

-With terminal medical illness

-Parkinsons disease, dementia

-Patients with documented severe mental illness- Severe depression, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective disorder, Bipolar affective disorder, Obsessive-compulsive disorder

-Obstructive sleep apnoea already on treatment

-Patients with restless leg syndrome, who fulfil all 5 essential features of diagnostic criteria established by the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group

-Patients who fulfil ICD-10 criteria for Alcohol Dependence syndrome in the last 6 months

-Patients who are on medications that interfere with sleep like benzodiazapines and etizolam, stimulants

-Patients who are on anti-depressants and antipsychotics and drugs for treatment of insomnia

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Elderly with insomnia receiving sleep hygiene behavioural intervention along with treatment as usual will have improved subjective sleep qualityTimepoint: Immediately after intervention, and 1 month and 3 months after the intervention
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
(1)It would be feasible to impart a sleep hygiene behaviour intervention in elderly with insomnia <br/ ><br>(2)Description of sleep architecture in elderly who present with insomnia <br/ ><br>(3)Elderly with insomnia receiving sleep hygiene behavioural intervention will have improvement in cognition. <br/ ><br>(4)Elderly with insomnia receiving sleep hygiene behaviour intervention will have improvement in quality of life <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Immediately after intervention, and 1 month and 3 months after the intervention
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