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Does Treating Insomnia With Cognitive–Behavioural Therapy Influence Comorbid Anxiety and Depression? An Exploratory Multiple Baseline Design With Four Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Daniel Maroti
Affiliation:
Örebro University, Sweden.
Pär Folkeson
Affiliation:
Örebro University, Sweden.
Markus Jansson-Fröjmark*
Affiliation:
Örebro University, Sweden. [email protected]
Steven J. Linton
Affiliation:
Örebro University, Sweden.
*
*Address for correspondence: Markus Jansson-Fröjmark, Center for Health and Medical Psychology (CHAMP), School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden.
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Abstract

Objectives: Although cognitive–behaviour therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has been shown to be effective for primary insomnia, the impact of CBT-I on insomnia comorbid with psychiatric conditions is largely unknown.

Design: A multiple baseline design with 2–3 weeks of baseline, 6 weeks of CBT-I, and a 3-week follow-up was employed.

Methods: Four patients with insomnia comorbid with both anxiety and depressive disorders participated. Sleep onset latency (SOL), wake time after sleep onset (WASO), total sleep time (TST), the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) were used as outcome measures.

Results: Improvements in SOL, WASO, and TST were observed for all the four patients. Based on ISI, there were reductions for all the patients (32–92%), three patients responded to treatment, and two patients remitted. Based on BAI, reductions on anxiety were observed for all the patients (40–76%), three patients were treatment responders, and two patients remitted. Based on BDI-II, all the patients experienced reductions in depression (36–53%), three patients responded to treatment, and one patient remitted.

Conclusions: CBT-I was able to reduce insomnia and co-morbid anxiety and depression, thus providing preliminary evidence for using CBT-I on insomnia co-morbid with psychiatric conditions.

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Case Studies and Shorter Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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