Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia in adolescents with comorbid psychiatric disorders: A clinical pilot studyShow others and affiliations
Number of Authors: 52020 (English)In: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, ISSN 1359-1045, E-ISSN 1461-7021, Vol. 25, no 4, p. 958-971Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Background: Insomnia is common in adolescents and often comorbid with psychiatric disorders. This study evaluated changes in insomnia, sleep, and comorbid symptoms following cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in adolescents with comorbid psychiatric disorders and chronic pain. Methods: In this non-controlled clinical pilot study, participants (n = 23, 78% female) were recruited from adolescent psychiatry and pediatric pain clinics. Assessments of self-reported insomnia, sleep onset latency, wake after sleep onset, total sleep time, sleep efficiency and depression, anxiety, functional disability, and pain intensity were completed at pre- and post-intervention and 3 months follow-up. Results: From pre- to post-intervention, statistically significant improvements were found for insomnia symptoms (p < .001;d = 1.63), sleep onset latency (p < .001;d = 1.04), wake after sleep onset (p < .001;d = 0.38), total sleep time (p = .015;d = 0.22), sleep efficiency (p < .001;d = 1.00), depression (p < .001;d = 0.87), and anxiety (p = .001;d = 0.31). Only eight participants reported data at follow-up with maintained improvements for all measures. Conclusion: This study provides support that insomnia symptoms and sleep can improve following CBT-I delivered in a clinical setting and that co-occurring psychiatric symptoms can be reduced. The results should be interpreted with caution due to the uncontrolled conditions and limited sample size. Well-powered clinical trials are needed to validate the suggested effects.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. Vol. 25, no 4, p. 958-971
Keywords [en]
adolescent, chronic pain, cognitive-behavioral therapy, comorbidity, insomnia, psychiatric disorders
National Category
Psychiatry Psychology
Research subject
Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-183622DOI: 10.1177/1359104520929376ISI: 000542284700001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-183622DiVA, id: diva2:1456114
2020-07-312020-07-312022-02-26Bibliographically approved