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Sleep Difficulties After Loss: Exploring the Beneficial Effect of Brief Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in a Sample of Bereaved Individuals

NCT07167706 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 58

Last updated 2025-11-17

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Summary

The goal of the study is to investigate whether a brief behavioral therapy for insomnia (BBTI) improves sleep in bereaved patients screened for insomnia compared to an active control group (sleep hygiene education). The study will also explore if BBTI improves symptoms of complicated grief. The investigators will recruit approximately 58 bereaved participants with insomnia.

Conditions

  • Insomnia
  • Insomnia Chronic
  • Complicated Grief

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia

BBTI is a multi-component intervention consisting of techniques from sleep restriction and stimulus control therapy. It targets behavioral elements of insomnia using four techniques: 1) reduce time in bed, 2) get up at the same time every day, 3) do not go to bed unless sleepy, and 4) do not stay in bed unless asleep.

BEHAVIORAL

Sleep Hygiene Therapy

SHE consists of education on lifestyle factors (diet, exercise, substance use) and enviromental variables (noise, light, temperature) affecting sleep quality.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alexander D Castro-Pavlik, PhD-student, MSc in Psychology · University of Aarhus

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-30
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-05-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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