Sleep Restriction Therapy for Insomnia is Associated with Reduced Objective Total Sleep Time, Increased Daytime Somnolence, and Objectively Impaired Vigilance: Implications for the Clinical Management of Insomnia Disorder

• Published in: Sleep (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 229 - 237
• Main Authors: Kyle, Simon D., Miller, Christopher B., Rogers, Zoe, Siriwardena, A. Niroshan, MacMahon, Kenneth M., Espie, Colin A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC 01.02.2014
• Subjects: Attention - physiology; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Psychomotor Performance; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - physiopathology; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - psychology; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - therapy; Sleep Restriction Therapy for Insomnia Affects Somnolence and Vigilance; Sleep Stages - physiology; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Wakefulness - physiology; vigilance; Adverse effects; sleepiness; CBT; insomnia; sleep restriction therapy
• ISSN: 0161-8105; 1550-9109; 1550-9109
• DOI: 10.5665/sleep.3386

To investigate whether sleep restriction therapy (SRT) is associated with reduced objective total sleep time (TST), increased daytime somnolence, and impaired vigilance. Within-subject, noncontrolled treatment investigation. Sleep research laboratory. Sixteen patients [10 female, mean age = 47.1 (10...