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The treatment of sleep-maintenance insomnia with stimulus-control techniques

1983; Elsevier BV; Volume: 21; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0005-7967(83)90211-5

1873-622X

Patricia Lacks, Amy D. Bertelson, Jeffrey L. Sugerman, John Kunkel,

Early Childhood Education and Development

Sleep-maintenance insomniacs received either a stimulus-control (n = 7) or a credible placebo treatment (n = 8), administered in small groups for 4 weeks. Self-reports of time awake after sleep onset, total number of arousals and number of arousals exceeding 10 min were collected at baseline, at termination of treatment (post-treatment), and at a 3-month follow-up. Results showed a statistically- and clinically-significant reduction on all three dependent measures from baseline to post-treatment for both groups; these gains were maintained through the follow-up period. However, the results achieved with stimulus-control procedures were not significantly different from reductions found with a credible placebo condition. These findings compare favorably with other reports of behavioral treatments of both onset and maintenance insomnia.