title: Impact of comorbid anxiety and depressive disorders on treatment response to cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia.
abstract: To evaluate the impact of comorbid anxiety or depressive disorders on treatment response to cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) for insomnia, behavior therapy (BT), or cognitive therapy (CT).
  
  
  
  Participants were 188 adults (117 women; Mage = 47.4 years) with chronic insomnia, including 45 also presenting a comorbid anxiety or mild to moderate depressive disorder. They were randomized to BT (n = 63), CT (n = 65), or CBT (n = 60). Outcome measures were the proportion of treatment responders (decrease of ≥8 points on the Insomnia Severity Index; ISI) and remissions (ISI score < 8) and depression and anxiety symptoms.
  
  
  
  Proportion of treatment responders and remitters in the CBT condition was not significantly different between the subgroups with and without comorbidity. However, the proportion of responders was lower in the comorbidity subgroup compared to those without comorbidity in both the BT (34.4% vs. 81.6%; p = .007) and CT (23.6% vs. 57.6%; p = .02) alone conditions, although remission rates and prepost ISI change scores were not. Pre to post change scores on the depression (-10.6 vs. -3.9; p < .001) and anxiety measures (-9.2 vs. -2.5; p = .01) were significantly greater in the comorbidity subgroup relative to the subgroup without comorbidity but only for those treated with the full CBT; no difference was found for those treated with either BT or CT alone.
  
  
  
  The presence of a comorbid anxiety or mild to moderate depressive disorder did not reduce the efficacy of CBT for insomnia, but it did for its single BT and CT components when used alone. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: École de psychologie, Université Laval and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec.
authors.forename: Lynda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bélanger
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley.
authors.forename: Allison G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.affiliation: École de psychologie, Université Laval and Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec.
authors.forename: Émilie
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Fortier-Brochu
authors.affiliation: École de psychologie, Université Laval and Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beaulieu-Bonneau
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley.
authors.forename: Polina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eidelman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.affiliation: École de psychologie, Université Laval and Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ivers
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley.
authors.forename: Kerrie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hein
authors.affiliation: École de psychologie, Université Laval and Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec.
authors.forename: Manon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lamy
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.
authors.forename: Adriane M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Soehner
authors.affiliation: Département de psychiatrie et de neurosciences, Université Laval and Centre de recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec.
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mérette
authors.affiliation: École de psychologie, Université Laval and Centre de recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec.
authors.forename: Charles M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Morin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*