Een internetinterventie voor mensen met slaapproblemen.

Insomnia is very prevalent. About 33% of the population suffers from one or more symptoms. Treatment usually consists of sleepmedication which has a number of important drawbacks. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is at least as effective but is seldomly offered because it is not available. We developed an internet intervention based on the usual CBT face-to-face treatment. In this pilot study we want to examine (1) feasibility and (2) effectiveness.

In this pilot study we test the feasibility and effectiveness of a internet based intervention for sleep problems.

Baseline, 6 and 13 weeks.

Intervention:

The intervention, which is based on existing psychological
treatment for sleep problems, will be offered through the Internet. It
focuses on the following elements: (1) psycho-education about sleep and
sleep disorders (2) stimulus-control (only going to bed when tired,
getting out of bed at the same time every day) (3) sleep restriction
(reduction of the time spent in bed to the average number of hours
slept) (4) sleep hygiene (information about helpful and harmful daily
habits) (5) relaxation, and (6) cognitive restructuring (modifying
dysfunctional beliefs about sleep and insomnia). The intervention
consists of 6 weekly lessons. In every lesson the patients finds new
information and is asked to do homework. The patients will receive
online feedback on this homework by coaches.



Control:
There is a waitlist control group. The people in the control
group will receive the internet intervention 3 months after
randomization (after the follow-up measurement).