Impact Of Mindfulness Breathing Versus Storytelling On Non- Specific Insomnia In Elderly

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Insomnia; Sleep Disorder
• Interventions: Other: Mindfulness breathing; Other: storytelling; Other: Sleep hygiene

• Registration Number: NCT06249607
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

This study will be conducted to compare between effects of mindfulness breathing and storytelling on insomnia in the elderly.

Detailed Description

Sufficient sleep is essential for optimum health just a few of the numerous processes occurring during sleep include memory consolidation, clearance of brain metabolites, and restoration of nervous, immune, skeletal, and muscular systems. Despite the significance of adequate sleep, insufficient or disturbed sleep is extremely common. For instance, thirty percent of employed adults report obtaining 6 or fewer hours of sleep per night, approximately one-third of all adults report significant sleep complaints, and the two most common sleep disorders, insomnia and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), each have prevalence rates exceeding 10% in the adult population. Unfortunately, current approaches to treatment are limited .

Story telling is another common soothing bedtime routine for children that uses pictures and writing. It is also a nursing intervention that can be implemented to comfort hospitalized children with acute illness and increase enthusiasm. Story telling is a recommended activity that enhances sleep duration in children. Furthermore, it is considered a positive bedtime routine, in addition to praying and brushing teeth, compared to maladaptive bedtime routine, such as watching television, playing with gadgets, and playing games with high-level activities .

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-09-28
• Study Start: 2024-01-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-01-31
• Study First Posted: 2024-02-08
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Primary Completion: 2024-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-21
• Study Completion: 2024-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 93

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients who have non-specific insomnia for one month at least.
• Their ages > 65 years.
• Medically stable patients.
• Current complaint of poor SQ (score > 5 of the SQ scale)
• Body mass index ≤ 35 kg/m2.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Patients having a well-structured diagnosis of relevant brain illness or
• any disease directly affects sleep.
• Any patient with unstable medical condition
• History of chronic insomnia
• Indication of receiving treatments for depression and anxiety
• Hearing problem

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group B: combined sleep hygiene and mindfulness breathing exercise group	Sleep hygiene	-
Group A: combined sleep hygiene and storytelling	Sleep hygiene	-
Group B: combined sleep hygiene and mindfulness breathing exercise group	Mindfulness breathing	-
Group A: combined sleep hygiene and storytelling	storytelling	-
Group C: sleep hygiene group	Sleep hygiene	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index	baseline	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) as a valid tool was used to measure the patients' SQ. This instrument was comprised of seven domains, including quality of subjective sleep, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, daytime dysfunction, and use of medication for sleep over the previous month. The score of the domains ranged from 0 = "No difficulty" to 3 = "Severe difficulty". A total score \> 5 was considered to be indicative of poor SQ. A global score between 0 and 21 was derived by summing up the seven subscale scores
Actigraphy	baseline	Actigraph (Actiwatch Minimitter Company, INC - Sunriver, OR, USA) will be placed on the non-dominant wrist and activities will be monitored continuously and recorded at one minute intervals during wakefulness and sleep.; The times of wakefulness and sleep will be determined individually through a diary kept by the volunteers, together with the times calculated by the actigraph monitor.; The participants will keep the device for a period of 7 days before the first and the last training session. The device will be removed only at bath time and replaced to the wrist immediately after.; The information will be collected by the device and recorded by a validated algorithm (Minimitter Company - USA®) and transferred to a closed technology software installed on a computer.; After analysis of the exams, the data will be plotted on a spreadsheet for statistical treatment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Naser specialized hospital; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt