Behavioral sleep medicine
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Behavioral sleep medicine · Jan 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialSleep outcomes in youth with chronic pain participating in a randomized controlled trial of online cognitive-behavioral therapy for pain management.
Sleep disturbances are commonly reported in youth with chronic pain. We examined whether online cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for pain management would impact youth's sleep. Subjective sleep quality and actigraphic sleep were evaluated in 33 youth (M = 14.8 years; 70% female) with chronic pain participating in a larger randomized controlled trial of online-CBT. ⋯ Although pain improved with online-CBT, no changes were observed in sleep outcomes. Shorter pretreatment sleep duration was associated with less improvement in posttreatment functioning. Findings underscore the need for further development in psychological therapies to more intensively target sleep loss in youth with chronic pain.
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Behavioral sleep medicine · Jan 2015
Actigraphy and Sleep Diary Measurements in Breast Cancer Survivors: Discrepancy in Selected Sleep Parameters.
This analysis examined the discrepancy between sleep diary and actigraphy measurements in breast cancer survivors (BCS) with insomnia. BCS from communities in Western U. S. provided demographic/medical information, insomnia, mood, and fatigue data at baseline. ⋯ There were no significant relationships between TST and WASO discrepancy and participant characteristics. There may be sleep differences in BCS that results in greater perceived TST and less WASO reported in diaries. Measurements discrepancy is a significant concern needing further evaluation of medical populations with insomnia.
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Behavioral sleep medicine · Jan 2015
Biography Historical ArticleObituary: Richard R. Bootzin (1940-2014).
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Behavioral sleep medicine · Sep 2014
The association between use of electronic media in bed before going to sleep and insomnia symptoms, daytime sleepiness, morningness, and chronotype.
This study investigated whether the use of a television, computer, gaming console, tablet, mobile phone, or audio player in bed before going to sleep was associated with insomnia, daytime sleepiness, morningness, or chronotype. 532 students aged 18-39 were recruited from lectures or via e-mail. Respondents reported the frequency and average duration of their in-bed media use, as well as insomnia symptoms, daytime sleepiness, morningness-eveningness preference and bedtime/rise time on days off. ⋯ Mobile phone usage for playing/surfing/texting was positively associated with insomnia and chronotype, and negatively associated with morningness. None of the other media devices were related to either of these variables, and no type of media use was related to daytime sleepiness.
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Behavioral sleep medicine · Jan 2014
Actigraphic assessment of sleep disturbances following traumatic brain injury.
The current study examined the use of actigraphy in measurement of sleep following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Twenty-one patients with TBI and self-reported sleep and/or fatigue problems and 21 non-injured controls were studied over seven days using actigraphy and sleep diary reports. ⋯ Actigraphy may prove useful to supplement self-report measures of sleep following TBI. More work is required to understand the accuracy of these measures in this population.