Table 2.

Patient handouts

Worksheet	Purpose
A Guide to Overcoming Your Insomnia	Summarizes guidelines
Questions and Answers about “the Guidelines”	Provides answers to common questions patients have about the treatment guidelines in a Q&A format
Things To Do If You Are Awake⁁	Provides lists of activities patients may wish to engage in before bedtime, in the middle of the night or in the morning to help follow the recommended changes in bedtime and rise time
Changing Your Thinking About Sleep*	A thought record to aid in cognitive restructuring
Things That May Get in the Way of Following the Rules*	Helps patients identify potential obstacles to adherence and how to overcome them
Staying Awake Until Your Scheduled Bedtime*	Helps identify and address problems with staying awake until recommended bedtime
Enjoying Your Morning*	Helps identify and address problems with getting out of bed at the recommended time in the morning
Other Reasons for Feeling Tired*	Helps distinguish sleepiness from fatigue and tests patients' belief that if they feel tired it is only because they had poor sleep the night before
Action Plan for Addressing Insomnia in the Future*	Assists in forming a relapse prevention plan

^⁁Adopted with permission from its developer, Anne Germain.

^*From the book Carney and Manber,59 used in the rollout with permission from New Harbinger. Other measures, developed for the initiative, can be obtained from coauthor Karlin: Bradley.Karlin2@va.gov.