NCT03328585

Telemedicine vs. In-person Delivery of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia: a Mixed Methods Analysis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has been the 'gold standard' for the treatment of insomnia. There is a need to increase access to treatment, particularly for patients in more rural locations where providers may be scarce. One solution is to utilize telemedicine which is "the use of electronic communications to provide and support health care when distance separates the provider from the patient." So the purpose of the study is to determine if receiving CBT-I by video teleconferencing works just as well as in-person treatment.

Conditions

• Insomnia Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	CBT-I in person	6 weeks of CBT-I in person, one 1-hour long session per week
BEHAVIORAL	CBT-I via Telemedicine	6 weeks of CBT-I via telemedicine, one 1-hour long session per week
OTHER	No intervention	Patients in this arm will receive no intervention but will receive CBT-I treatment after conclusion of the study

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-21
• Primary completion: 2020-10-01
• Completion: 2020-10-01
• First posted: 2017-11-01
• Last updated: 2020-10-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States