The Short-Term Efficacy of an Unguided Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial With a Six-Month Nonrandomized Follow-Up.
Susanne HagatunØystein VedaaTine NordgreenOtto R F SmithStåle PallesenOdd E HavikBjørn BjorvatnFrances P ThorndikeLee M RitterbandBørge SivertsenPublished in: Behavioral sleep medicine (2017)
Unguided Internet-based CBTi produced significant short-term improvements in sleep in patients with chronic insomnia. This highlights the benefits of making Internet-delivered CBTi programs available as a standard first-line treatment option in public health services. Nevertheless, the rate of dropout attrition (participants not completing post-assessment) in this trial limits the generalizability of the findings.