Emotional processing in insomnia

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Investigating emotional processing in patients with insomnia co-occurring with low mood.
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Insomnia co-occurring with low mood

Registration Number: ISRCTN17117237

Lead Sponsor: niversity of Oxford

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 211

Inclusion Criteria

1. Positive screen for probable DSM-5 insomnia disorder using the following items from the Sleep Condition Indicator (SCI):
1.1. Scoring =2 on item 1 (sleep latency) or item 2 (wakefulness during the night)
1.2. Scoring =2 on item 3 (frequency of disturbance)
1.3. Scoring =1 on item 4 (sleep quality)
1.4. Scoring =2 on daytime functioning items 5 or 6
1.5. Scoring =2 on item 8 (chronicity of problem)
2. Endorsement of depressive symptoms in the probable caseness” range (PHQ score =10)
3. Aged 25-65 years
4. Access to a laptop or desktop computer and a phone and reliable internet access either at home or work
5. Being able to read and understand English
6. Currently living in the UK

Exclusion Criteria

1. Engaged in psychotherapy for insomnia or depression
2. Previous participation in online (or face to face) sleep treatments
3. Hypnotic, psychotropic, or antiepileptic medications
4. Psychiatric comorbidities of psychosis or bipolar disorder
5. Diagnosis of epilepsy or other neurological disorder
6. Diagnoses of mild cognitive impairment or dementia
7. Symptoms of a probable additional sleep disorder (e.g. possible obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome)
8. Serious physical health concerns necessitating surgery or with a survival prognosis of <6 months
9. Habitual night shift, evening, or rotating shift-workers (assessed during last month)
10. Suicidal thoughts (Score >1 yes” on C-SSRS suicide item 2), history of recent suicide attempt (<12 months)
11. Psychiatric hospital admission in the past year, or crisis team support within the past year
12. Alcohol misuse & dependency or recreational/illicit drug use

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Emotion accuracy, emotion misclassifications, and emotion reaction time measured using the Facial Expression Recognition Task (FERT) at baseline, 5 and 10 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures