NCT07180784

Psychological Interventions for Students With Insomnia

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Compared With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Improve Sleep and Mental Health in University Students With Insomnia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: Laval University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study looked at university students who had trouble sleeping and compared two different programs designed to help with insomnia. One program was mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), which focuses on meditation and awareness techniques, and the other was cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), a structured approach that teaches strategies to change thoughts and habits around sleep. Participants were randomly assigned to one of the two programs. The researchers wanted to see how each program affected insomnia symptoms and related factors like stress, anxiety, mood, and overall quality of life. The researchers expected that CBT-I would lead to faster improvements right after the program, but they also believed that the mindfulness program would work just as well in the longer term, notably, three months after treatment.

Conditions

• Insomnia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)	An intervention group offered to students that teaches meditation and yoga techniques, stress physiology, and mindfulness practices. Each group includes 5-6 participants and met once a week for 1.5 hours over a period of 8 consecutive weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)	Traditional CBT-I was offered in small group sessions of 5 to 6 participants and lasted 1.5 hours each. They were held once a week over a period of 8 consecutive weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-01
• Primary completion: 2023-07-30
• Completion: 2023-07-30
• First posted: 2025-09-18
• Last updated: 2025-09-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada