Effectiveness of an internet-delivered treatment for insomnia
- Conditions
- Primary insomniaMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10185189
- Lead Sponsor
- Clinic for Sleep Medicine Luzern (Klinik für Schlafmedizin Luzern)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 62
1. Meeting the criteria of a clinically relevant primary insomnia (according to ISI score and DSM-IV criteria).
2. Aged 18 years and over
3. Swiss residency
1. No regular internet access
2. No full ability to read and write German.
3. Presence of another sleep disorder (sleep related breathing disorders, sleep related movement disorders, parasomnias)
4. Presence of psychiatric disorders (mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, psychotic disorders, substance-related disorders), or history of such disorders in the past
5. Presence of suicidal tendencies
6. Regular use of sleep medication
7. Shift-work
8. Current psychological treatment
9. Somatic conditions that are known to cause insomnia.
10. Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Insomnia Severity is measured by the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) at baseline, post-treatment (8-12 weeks) and 6 months post-treatment<br> 2. Sleep parameters (Total Sleep Time (TST), Wake after Sleep Onset (WASO), Sleep Onset Latency (SOL), Sleep Efficiency (SE)) are measured by an online sleep diary which the subjects are keeping on the treatment website daily throughout the 8-12 weeks. The means of the first seven entries serve as baseline measurement, means of seven entries before post-treatment (8-12 weeks) serve as post-treatment measure and seven entries at follow up after 6 month post-treatment as follow up measure.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method