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Article: Online self-help program may improve insomnia in adults
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- The Hindustan Times
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- June 12, 2008
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Washington, June 12 -- A self-help program delivered online can significantly improve insomnia in adults, according to a new study.
The study, authored by Lee Ritterband, PhD, of the University of Virginia, found that a cognitive behavioral intervention for insomnia delivered via the Internet could considerably improve insomnia in adults.
The study focused on 44 participants (mostly female) with an average age of 45 years. The participants were randomly selected to either the cognitive behavioral intervention for insomnia via the Internet or a wait list control.
Measures of sleep, mood, cost, and cognitive functioning ...