Three-Year Follow-Up of Insomnia and Hypnotics after Controlled Internet Treatment for Insomnia

Conclusions:The large improvements in the ICBT-i group were maintained after 36 months, corroborating that CBT for insomnia has long-term effects.After 36 months, the groups did not differ in insomnia severity, but ICBT-ctrl had used more sleep medication and undergone more other additional insomnia treatments during the follow-up period.Clinical Trial Registration:The trial was registered, together with a parallel trial, at Clinicaltrials.gov as “Internet-CBT for Insomnia” registration ID: NCT01256099.Citation:Blom K, Jernelöv S, Rück C, Lindefors N, Kaldo V. Three-year follow-up of insomnia and hypnotics after controlled internet treatment for insomnia. SLEEP 2016;39(6):1267–1274.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research