Multifactor behavioral treatment of chronic sleep-onset insomnia using stimulus control and the relaxation response. A preliminary study.
Sleep latency changes following behavioral interventions for sleep-onset insomnia are only moderate because the majority of insomniacs do not achieve good sleeper status at posttreatment. This study evaluated the efficacy of a multifactor behavior intervention consisting of stimulus control and relaxation-response training (n = 10) compared to stimulus control alone (n = 10) for sleep-onset insomnia. Only the multifactor subjects' mean posttest sleep latency fell within the good sleeper range. They also exhibited a 77% improvement on mean sleep-onset latency compared to the stimulus control group (63%). Thus a multifactor intervention may be more effective than stimulus control alone for treatment of sleep-onset insomnia.
Jacobs
G D
GD
Harvard Medical School.
Rosenberg
P A
PA
Friedman
R
R
Matheson
J
J
Peavy
G M
GM
Domar
A D
AD
Benson
H
H
D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012894:Sleep Stages