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Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med Rev. 2021 Feb 9;56:101455. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101455

Table 2.

Trial Characteristics of Psychological Interventions for Prevalent Sleep-Wake Disorders (N =56)

Article Primary Intervention Sleep disorder or disturbance Determination Delivery Modality Comparator N Tx/Ctrl Trial Design Duration (Intervention/FU)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
75. Herbert et al., 2017 VTC-ACT - Potential Video teleconferencing In person ACT 64/65 2 arm RCT 8w/6m
76. Lang et al., 2017 ACT - Probable In Person (1:1) Present-Centered Therapy 80/80 2 arm RCT 12w/3,6,9,12m
77. Mosher et al., 2018 ACT - Probable Telephone Education/Support 23/24 2 arm RCT 6w/8,12w post-baseline
Behavioral Therapy
63,64. Berger et al., 2009a,b1 BT - Potential In Person (1:1) Healthy Eating 88/85 2 arm RCT 1m/90,365d
69. Gebara et al., 2019 BBTI Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) and telephone sessions Wait-list 6/5 2 arm RCT 4w/4w
65. Germain et al., 2012 BT,IRT Nightmares + Poor Sleep Quality Definite In Person (1:1) and telephone sessions Medication Arms (Placebo or Prazosin) 17/ Ctrl.1 18, Ctrl.2 15 3 arm RCT 8w/4m
66. Germain et al., 2014 BT Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) and telephone sessions Sleep Education 20/20 2 arm RCT 4w/6m
67. Johnson et al., 2016 M-BET Nocturia Definite In person or telephone (1:1) Standard drug therapy for nocturia (α- blocker) and combined M-BET + α-blocker 23 / Ctrl.1 25, Ctrl.2 24 3 arm RCT 10w/12w post-baseline
70. Lee et al., 2020 BT - Potential In Person (1) and telephone sessions Attention control group (dietary strategies) 25/26 2 arm RCT 4w/1,2,3m
68. Martin et al., 2017 BT - Potential - Sleep Education 21/21 2 arm RCT 4w/4m
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
71. Brenes et al., 2016 CBT - Probable Telephone and workbook Nondirective Supportive TherapyTelephone 70/71 2 arm RCT 11w/4,9,15m post-randomization
72. Heapy et al., 2017 IVR-CBT - Potential Telephone In-person CBT 62/63 2 arm RCT 10w/3,6,9m
73. Stanley et al., 2016 CBT - Probable In person (1:1 first session) and patient preference (telephone or in person) Community Resources and Emotional Support 20/20 2 arm RCT 3m/-
74. Stanley et al., 2018 CBT - Probable Patient preference (telephone or in person) and telephone booster sessions Enhanced Community Care with Resource Counseling 70/64 2 arm RCT 6m/9m
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
35. Alessi et al., 2016 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In person (smallgroups of 3–5 ppl or 1:1) Sleep Education 106/53 2 arm RCT 6w/6,12m
50. Cain et al., 2019 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (Group) and online Group prenatal visits 27/26 2 arm RCT 7w/-
51. Chakravorty et al., 2019 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) Usual Care 11/11 2 arm RCT 8w/3,6m
36. Drake et al., 2019 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In person Sleep Hygiene, Sleep Restriction 50/50,50 3 arm RCT 6w/6m
37. Edinger & Sampson, 2003 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) and take-home audiocassettes and educational materials Sleep Hygiene 10/9 2 arm RCT 2w/3m after treatment
38. Edinger et al., 2009 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) Sleep Hygiene 41/40 2 arm RCT 8w/6m
39. Epstein & Dirksen, 2007 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (Group) and telephone sessions Sleep Education and Hygiene 34/38 2 arm RCT 6w/2w posttreatment
40. Fiorentino et al., 2010 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) Delayed Treatment 6/8 2 arm RCT 6w/6w posttreatment
41. Fung et al., 2016 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1 and Group) Sleep Education - 2 arm RCT 6w/6m and 12m post-baseline
52. Kalmbach et al., 2019 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) Sleep Hygiene, Sleep Restriction 50/50 3 arm RCT 6w/2w,6m
42. Laurel Franklin et al., 2018 Telephone based CBT-I Insomnia Definite Telephone In person CBT-I 11/7 2 arm RCT 8w/1,3m
54. Manber et al., 2019 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) Modified Pseudo Desensitization Therapy for Insomnia 89/90 2 arm RCT 5w/-
43. Margolies et al., 2013 CBT-I, IRT Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) Wait-list 20/20 2 arm RCT 6w/-
44. Matthews et al., 2014 CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) Behavioral Placebo Treatment 30/26 2 arm RCT 6w/3,6m
45. McCurry et al., 2016 Telephonebased CBT-I Insomnia Definite Telephone (first session in person or telephone) Menopause Education 53/53 2 arm RCT 8w/8,24w posttreatment
46. Palesh et al., 2018 BBT-CI Insomnia Definite In person and telephone Health Eating Education Learning 37/37 2 arm RCT 3–4w/1m
47. Pigeon et al., 2017 Brief CBT-I Insomnia Definite In person and telephone Sleep Hygiene 13/14 2 arm RCT 4w/3m posttreatment
53. Pigeon et al., 2019 Brief CBT-I Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) Usual Care 24/26 2 arm RCT 6w/-
48. Scogin et al., 2018 Integrated CBTD+CBT-I Insomnia Definite Video teleconferencing Usual C are 22/18 2 arm RCT 10w/3m
49. Ulmer et al., 2011 CBT-I, IRT Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) Usual Care 12/9 2 arm RCT 12w/10y
Cognitive Processing Therapy
78. Galovski et al., 2016 CPT,H Insomnia Definite In Person (1:1) Symptom monitoring control condition before beginning standard CPT 44/48 2 arm RCT 15w/3m posttreatment
79. Galovski et al., 2009 CPT - Probable In Person (1:1) Prolonged Exposure 54/54 2 arm RCT 6w/2w, 9m posttreatment
80. Gutner et al., 2013 CPT - Probable In Person (1:1) and home practice assignments Prolonged Exposure 81/90 2 arm RCT 6w/3,9m, longterm: 5 to 19y
Complementary and Alternative Therapy
55. Innes & Selfe, 2012 Y RLS Definite In Person (Group) and home practice assignments Educational film 10/10 2 arm RCT 8w/-
56. Irwin et al., 2017 TCC Insomnia Definite In Person (Group) CBT-I 45/45 2 arm RCT 3m/6,15m
61. Jamison et al., 2019 CART - Probable In Person (1:1) Wait-list 47/33 2 arm RCT 4w/1,6m
58. Nakamura et al., 2011 MBB Poor sleep quality Definite - Sleep Hygiene 35/28 2 arm RCT 2w/-
57. Nakamura et al., 2017 MBB Poor sleep quality Definite In Person (Group) Sleep Education 33/27 2 arm RCT 3w/3m
59. Nidich et al., 2016 TM - Potential In Person (Group) No-treatment 90/91 2 arm RCT 4m/4m
62. Porter et al., 2019 Y - Potential In Person (1:1) Social Support Group 43/20 2 arm RCT 8w/6m
60. Stoerkel et al., 2018 SCT - Potential Audio-files Usual Care 51/49 2 arm RCT 2w/2w
Elective Therapy
85. Alschuler et al., 2018 RI - Potential Teleconference for groups and take-home materials Wait-list 12/16 2 arm RCT 6w
86. Church et al., 2016 TAU,EFT - Probable In Person (1:1) Treatment as usual wait-list 12/9 2 arm RCT 6m/3,6m
87. Kahn et al., 2016 MR - Potential Internet and mobile MR + PREP for Strong Bonds program, PREP only, waitlist 40/MR+PREP 40; PREP 40; Waitlist Control 40 4 arm RCT 16w/8,16
Imagery Rehearsal Therapy
89. Cook et al., 2010 IRT Nightmares+ Poor sleep quality Definite In Person (Group) Sleep and Nightmare Management Treatment 61/63 2 arm RCT 6w/1,3,6m
90. Harb et al., 2019 IRT, CBT-I Nightmares + Poor sleep quality Definite In Person (1:1) CBT-I 53/55 2 arm RCT 6w3,6m
88. Krakow et al., 2001 IRT Nightmares + Insomnia Definite In Person (Group) Wait-list 88/80 2 arm RCT 6w/3,6m
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
81. Cash et al., 2015 MBSR - Potential In Person (Group) and home practice assignments Wait-list 51/40 2 arm RCT 8w/2m
82. Lengacher et al., 2015 MBSR - Potential - Usual Care 38/41 2 arm RCT 6w/12w
83. Shapiro et al., 2003 MBSR - Potential In Person (Group) Stress management 31/32 2 arm RCT 6w/3,9m
84. Witek Janusek et al., 2019 MBSR - Potential In Person (Group) Active Control 84/80 2 arm RCT 8w/1,6m
Problem-solving Therapy
91. Bedford et al., 2018 ePST - Potential Online Minimal contact 12/12 2 arm RCT 6w/12 following the initial treatment session

Note: Determination refers to the likelihood of the sleep disorder or disturbance based on review of the participant inclusion and exclusion criteria. Reference number precedes author name in Article column. ACT=Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; BBT-CI=Brief Behavioral Therapy for Cancer-Related Insomnia; BT=Behavioral Therapy; BTI-MV=Brief Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia; CBT=Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; CBT-I=Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia; CPT=Cognitive Processing Therapy; EFT=Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques; ePST=computer guided Problem-Solving Treatment; H=Hypnosis; IRT=Imagery Rehearsal Therapy; Integrated CBT-D+CBT-I= Integrated CBT (CBT for depression and CBT for insomnia); IVR-CBT=Interactive voice response-based cognitive behavioral therapy; MBB=Mind-body Bridging; M-BET=Multicomponent behavioral combined with exercise therapy; MBSR=Mindfulness-based stress reduction; MR=Mission Reconnect program; RI=Resilience intervention; SCT=Self-care toolkit; TAU=Treatment as usual ; TCC=Tai Chi Chih; TM=Transcendental Meditation; VTC-ACT=Video teleconferencing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Y=Yoga.

Definite= directly assessed for and confirmed the existence of a sleep disorder or sleep disturbance and included this in the inclusion criteria; Probable=directly assessed for any sleep disturbance but did not include endorsement of a sleep disturbance as part of the inclusion criteria. Potential= sleep did not assess for a sleep disturbance but based on the scientific literature would likely have a sleep disturbance concomitant with the co-morbid health or mental health condition.

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Values reported are from Berger et al., 2009b.