The effectiveness of digital insomnia treatment with adjunctive wearable technology: a pilot randomized controlled trial
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This pilot trial aimed to provide evidence for whether the integration of a wearable device with digital behavioral therapy for insomnia (dBTi) improves treatment outcomes and engagement. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: One hundred and twenty-eight participants with insomnia symptoms were randomized to a 3-week dBTi program (SleepFix®) with a wearable device enabling sleep data synchronization (dBTi+wearable group; n = 62) or dBTi alone (n = 66). Participants completed the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and modified Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) parameters: wake-after-sleep-onset (WASO), sleep-onset-latency (SOL), and total sleep time (TST) at baseline and weeks 1, 2, 3, and primary endpoint of week 6 and follow-up at 12 weeks. Engagement was measured by the number of daily sleep diaries logged in the app. RESULTS: There was no difference in ISI change scores between the groups from pre- to post-treatment (Cohen's d= 0.7, p= .061). The dBTi+wearable group showed greater improvements in WASO (d= 0.8, p = .005) and TST (d= 0.3, p= .049) compared to the dBTi group. Significantly greater engagement (sleep diary entries) was observed in the dBTi+wearable group (mean = 22.4, SD = 10.0) compared to the dBTi group (mean = 14.1, SD = 14.2) (p = .010). CONCLUSIONS: This pilot trial found that integration of wearable device with a digital insomnia therapy enhanced user engagement and led to improvements in sleep parameters compared to dBTi alone. These findings suggest that adjunctive wearable technologies may improve digital insomnia therapy effectiveness.
Date Issued
2022-05-01
Date Acceptance
2021-08-01
Citation
Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 2022, 20 (5), pp.570-583
ISSN
1540-2002
Publisher
Routledge
Start Page
570
End Page
583
Journal / Book Title
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Volume
20
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2021 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Behavioral Sleep Medicine on 20 Aug 2021, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2021.1967157
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34415819
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry
Neurosciences & Neurology
COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
SEVERITY INDEX
WEIGHT-LOSS
SLEEP
INTERVENTION
IMPACT
Humans
Pilot Projects
Sleep
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Treatment Outcome
Wearable Electronic Devices
Humans
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Treatment Outcome
Pilot Projects
Sleep
Wearable Electronic Devices
Neurology & Neurosurgery
1103 Clinical Sciences
1701 Psychology
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2021-08-20