NCT04402619

Online Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Comorbid Sleep Problems in Alcohol Use Disorder

Online Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Routine Addiction Care for Comorbid Sleep Problems in Alcohol Use Disorder

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main goal is to study the effects of internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy with minimum guidance for comorbid sleep problems in alcohol use disorder, in routine addiction care.

Detailed description

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is highly prevalent and a major contributor to the global burden of disease. Insomnia symptoms are very common among individuals with AUD, including those in recovery, which may in turn promote alcohol relapse. Specialization and silo phenomena in healthcare organization, separating addiction from other types of psychiatric care, means that individuals with AUD and comorbid sleep problems often have difficulty accessing evidence-treatment for the latter. Offering online treatment for sleep problems to individuals enrolled in traditional routine addiction care is an attractive and pragmatic approach to offering parallel treatments covering the full clinical presentation, which has not yet been evaluated. This pilot and feasibility trial will recruit n=25 from patients in routine addiction care with comorbid sleep problems and AUD, who will complete an online, ten-module, CBT-based treatment program with minimum guidance for sleep problems, tailored for individuals with AUD.

Conditions

• Alcohol Use Disorder
• Insomnia
• Sleep Disorder
• Dyssomnias

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive behavior therapy	The ten modules cover: * Psychoeducation about sleep, sleep problems, and associations with alcohol * How to keep and use a sleep diary * Sleep hygiene * Sleep compression * Cognitive restructuring * Emotional regulation * Preparing for the future

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-04-13
• Primary completion: 2023-06-30
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2020-05-27
• Last updated: 2022-08-29

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Sweden