An evaluation of tailored psychological treatment of insomnia.

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It seems sensible to tailor treatments of insomnia in relation to the presenting characteristics of the sleeper and of the complaint. This report describes the first study formally to examine the comparative effectiveness of tailored and untailored (randomly allocated) treatments. We developed a questionnaire to facilitate the designing of individualized programmes. Results indicated that statistical analysis may underestimate the benefits of tailoring. Measures of clinically significant chan...

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Authors: Espie, C; Brooks, D; Lindsay, W

• Journal: Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 143-153
• Publication date: 1989-06-01
• DOI: 10.1016/0005-7916(89)90047-5
• EISSN: 1873-7943
• ISSN: 0005-7916
• Language: English
• Keywords: Arousal; Adult; Chronic Disease; Male; Reaction Time; Cognitive Therapy; Humans; Female; Relaxation Therapy; Behavior Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Middle Aged