Exercise as an Adjunct Treatment to Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia

The question that guided this review is whether exercise can add to the improvements in insomnia in patients treated with cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). CBT-I has long been recommended as the first-line treatment of chronic insomnia. However, CBT-I is not effective for as many as...

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Published inSleep medicine clinics Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 39
Main Authors Passos, Giselle Soares, Youngstedt, Shawn D, Santana, Marcos Gonçalves
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2023
Subjects
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Humans
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - therapy
Treatment Outcome
Sleep
Physical activity
Insomnia
Non-drug therapy
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Summary:The question that guided this review is whether exercise can add to the improvements in insomnia in patients treated with cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). CBT-I has long been recommended as the first-line treatment of chronic insomnia. However, CBT-I is not effective for as many as 30% to 40% of patients with insomnia. There is accumulating evidence for positive effects on insomnia following acute and chronic exercise. However, to the best of our knowledge, the effects of CBT-I combined with exercise have not been explored in clinical trials. In this article, we develop a rationale for combining CBT-I with exercise.
ISSN:1556-4088
DOI:10.1016/j.jsmc.2022.09.001