NCT02044263

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia Delivered by a Therapist or on the Internet

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia Delivered by a Therapist or on the Internet: a Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 101 (actual)
• Sponsor: St. Olavs Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Background: Insomnia is a highly prevalent and disabling disorder where Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is established as the best available treatment. Still, only a negligible number of patients with insomnia receive this treatment. One potential way of improving the dissemination of CBT-I is by using online adaptations of CBT-I. This is a new method for delivering CBT-I and it is not known how effective online treatment is compared to face-to-face CBT-I. This trial's purpose is to compare face-to-face CBT-I with online CBT-I. Because of the great advantage of online treatment in both availability and cost, the trial is designed as a noninferiority trial. Aim: To test if online CBT-I is noninferior in reducing insomnia complaints compared with CBT-I as delivered face-to-face by a therapist.

Conditions

• Insomnia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet CBT-i SHUTi	Computer program SHUTi is based on the same theoretical model of insomnia and involves the same interventions as ordinary CBT-I: a structured treatment focusing on education, behaviors and cognitions. Specifically, CBT-I usually consists of one or more of the following: psychoeducation about sleep, sleep restriction therapy, stimulus control, relaxation techniques, and challenging beliefs and perception of sleep.
BEHAVIORAL	face-to-face CBT-i

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2017-11-01
• Completion: 2017-11-01
• First posted: 2014-01-23
• Last updated: 2020-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway