title: [Self-help intervention delivered via devices].
abstract: In general, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia(CBT-I) is conducted via face-to-face sessions. Recently, several devices have been developed to deliver self-help interventions to patients with insomnia via booklets, computers, telephone, e-mail, or television. In this article, I reviewed an efficacy of these self-help interventions for insomnia. Self-help interventions had a small to moderate positive effect compared with the control group, but was inferior to face-to-face therapy. However, I suggest that these self-help interventions may constitute a useful addition to existing intervention options especially when integrated in a stepped care approach, among individuals with insomnia who live in remote areas.
authors.forename: Isa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okajima
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D015363:Quinolones; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D015363:Quinolones; C583644:intervenolin