Effectiveness of a chat-based short-time intervention to treat primary insomnia compared to a face-to-face intervention and a wait-list control group

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• Conditions: F51.0; F41.2; Nonorganic insomnia; Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder

• Registration Number: DRKS00010522
• Lead Sponsor: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Abt. Klinische Psychologie

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2016-02-23
• Study Start: 2016-05-18
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 73

Inclusion Criteria

Primary insomnia according to research criteria of primary insomnia (Edinger et al., 2004)

Exclusion Criteria

- other sleep disorder such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy, sleepwalking, pavor nocturnus, bruxism, nightmares, restless legs
- sleep complaints due to disturbed circadian rhythm and shift work
--> diagnosed according to the structured interview on sleep disorders (Schramm, Hohagen, & Berger, 1991)
- insomnia caused by a medical state (such as chronic pain)
- regular consumption of drugs and alcohol, marijuana intake > 1x/week
- epilepsy
- other psychiatric disorder is central (diagnosed according to Mini-DIPS; Margraf, 1994)
- endangerment to self or others

- patients with regular intake of psychoactive medicine were not generally excluded, but were asked to keep their consumption constant during treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Subjective Sleep Quality: PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Inventory (Buysse, Reynolds, Monk, Berman, & Kupfer, 1989), questionnaire, pre - post - follow-up