Examining the effectiveness of two smartphone applications for improving symptoms of insomnia

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Insomnia; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000605493
• Lead Sponsor: RMIT University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-05-10
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped early
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

1) Self-reported difficulties in any of the three core symptoms of insomnia:: difficulties initiating sleep, difficulties maintaining sleep, or early morning awakenings with an inability to return to sleep (a score of 8 or higher on the Insomnia Severity Index).
2) 18 years or over
3) Access to a smartphone device, as the intervention will be delivered via a smartphone application.

Exclusion Criteria

1) Psychiatric or neurological impairment as this may influence their results on cognitive assessments.
3) Poor English-language ability.
4) Regular users of mindfulness-based mobile applications or those who regularly practice mindfulness.
5) High levels of depression as measured by a cut off score of 16 on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) or high levels of psychological distress as measured on the DASS-21.
6) Untreated sleep disorders with a medical cause (obstructive sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome).
7) Shift workers

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified