SIESTA: Sleep Intervention to Enhance Cognitive Status and Reduce Beta Amyloid
Insomnia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Insomnia focused on measuring Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, CBT-I, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Disease
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Report of difficulty falling asleep, maintaining sleep, or waking up too early at least three nights a week for the past six months
- A score of greater than, or equal to, ten on the Insomnia Severity Index
- A score of greater than, or equal to, twenty-five on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
- A score of less than, or equal to, two on the Dementia Screening Interview (AD8)
Exclusion Criteria:
- A known untreated sleep disorder (i.e., sleep apnea or restless leg syndrome)
- Currently taking benzodiazepines, non-benzodiazepines, melatonin supplements, or agonists for insomnia
- A score of greater than, or equal to, fifteen on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) indicating severe depression or endorsement of any suicidal ideation (an answer of one, two, or three on item number nine of the PHQ-9)
- History of drug or alcohol abuse as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-4) criteria within the last two years
- History of a nervous system disorder (i.e., stroke, Parkinson's Disease)
- Severe mental illness (i.e., Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder)
- History of a learning disability or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Current, or history of, shift work
- Currently receiving CBT-I treatment
- Unable to hear at a conversational level
- Failure of a near vision test utilizing the Logarithmic Near Visual Acuity Chart
Sites / Locations
- University of Kansas Medical Center- Sleep, Health and Wellness LaboratoryRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Six-Week CBT-I Program
Six-Week Sleep and Lifestyle Education Program
CBT-I, six sessions, forty-five to sixty minutes in duration. Session 1: set up sleep restriction and stimulus control, discuss strategies for how to stay awake to a prescribed hour and what to do with wake after onset sleep time, provide sleep hygiene education. Session 2: determine if upward titration of total sleep time is warranted, review sleep hygiene. Session 3: continue upward titration of total sleep time, cognitive therapy for negative sleep beliefs if indicated. Session 4: continue upward titration of total sleep time, follow-up regarding negative sleep beliefs. Session 5: continue upward titration of total sleep time, discuss relapse prevention. Session 6: assess global treatment gains, discuss questions regarding relapse prevention.
Sleep and Lifestyle Education, six sessions, forty-five to sixty minutes in duration. Session 1: Sleep education, Instruction/demonstration on stretching exercises. Session 2: Education on environmental factors & sleeping positions that impact sleep. Session 3: Education on lifestyle factors that impact sleep. Session 4: Education on diet and sleep. Session 5: Education on exercises and sleep. Session 6: Discus maintaining achievements & preventing relapses.