TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep Education for Paradoxical Insomnia
AU - Geyer, James D.
AU - Lichstein, Kenneth L.
AU - Ruiter, Megan E.
AU - Ward, L. Charles
AU - Carney, Paul R.
AU - Dillard, Stephenie C.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - This case study series investigated a new treatment for paradoxical insomnia patients as there is no standard treatment for this patient group at this time. Four paradoxical insomnia patients had a polysomnography (PSG) sleep study, an unsuccessful brief course of behavioral treatment for insomnia, and then a novel sleep education treatment comprising review of their PSG with video and exploration of the discrepancy between their reported and observed sleep experience. Two patients responded well to sleep education, mainly with improved self-reported sleep onset latency, total sleep time, and Insomnia Severity Index scores; and the other two, who exhibited sleep architecture anomalies, were unresponsive. These findings suggest that sleep education holds promise for some paradoxical insomnia patients. Suggestions for future studies are given.
AB - This case study series investigated a new treatment for paradoxical insomnia patients as there is no standard treatment for this patient group at this time. Four paradoxical insomnia patients had a polysomnography (PSG) sleep study, an unsuccessful brief course of behavioral treatment for insomnia, and then a novel sleep education treatment comprising review of their PSG with video and exploration of the discrepancy between their reported and observed sleep experience. Two patients responded well to sleep education, mainly with improved self-reported sleep onset latency, total sleep time, and Insomnia Severity Index scores; and the other two, who exhibited sleep architecture anomalies, were unresponsive. These findings suggest that sleep education holds promise for some paradoxical insomnia patients. Suggestions for future studies are given.
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U2 - 10.1080/15402002.2011.607022
DO - 10.1080/15402002.2011.607022
M3 - Article
C2 - 22003980
AN - SCOPUS:84857077872
VL - 9
SP - 266
EP - 272
JO - Behavioral Sleep Medicine
JF - Behavioral Sleep Medicine
SN - 1540-2002
IS - 4
ER -