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Psychological Interventions for Students With Insomnia

NCT07180784 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 57

Last updated 2025-09-18

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Summary

This study looked at university students who had trouble sleeping and compared two different programs designed to help with insomnia. One program was mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), which focuses on meditation and awareness techniques, and the other was cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), a structured approach that teaches strategies to change thoughts and habits around sleep. Participants were randomly assigned to one of the two programs. The researchers wanted to see how each program affected insomnia symptoms and related factors like stress, anxiety, mood, and overall quality of life. The researchers expected that CBT-I would lead to faster improvements right after the program, but they also believed that the mindfulness program would work just as well in the longer term, notably, three months after treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)

An intervention group offered to students that teaches meditation and yoga techniques, stress physiology, and mindfulness practices. Each group includes 5-6 participants and met once a week for 1.5 hours over a period of 8 consecutive weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)

Traditional CBT-I was offered in small group sessions of 5 to 6 participants and lasted 1.5 hours each. They were held once a week over a period of 8 consecutive weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Laval University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-01
Primary Completion
2023-07-30
Completion
2023-07-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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