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Effects of an email delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in college students

  • Yu Ping Chang
  • , Terrika Pereira
  • , Alexander Salinas
  • , Hiu Ying Or
  • , Marlene Morales
  • , My Lan Le

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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effect of an email delivered version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) in college students with insomnia. Design and Methods: The study used a two-group pre- and postdesign (N = 63). The intervention group received 6 weekly, email-delivered CBT-I sessions, and the comparison group received a link to a student wellness website for healthy sleep information. Findings: The intervention group demonstrated significant improvement in attitudes toward sleep, sleep quality, sleep hygiene, and daytime sleepiness from pretest to posttest. Furthermore, the intervention group showed more positive outcomes, compared to the comparison group at the posttest. Practice Implications: An email-delivered sleep intervention is a feasible and easy-to-use tool that nurses can utilize to promote sleep quality among college students.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1685-1692
Number of pages8
JournalPerspectives in Psychiatric Care
Volume57
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2021

Keywords

  • alcohol use
  • belief and attitudes toward sleep
  • cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
  • college student
  • daytime sleepiness
  • insomnia
  • sleep hygiene
  • sleep quality

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