Comparing light and cognitive-behavior therapies for the treatment of sleep maintenance insomnia in older adults

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/480462

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Chronic insomnia affects more than 1 million Australians over 55 years of age. The most common treatment is sleeping pills despite their negative side effects. Our proposal is to compare non-drug cognitive-behaviour treatment with a new therapy of evening bright light, the combination of the two expected to be superior to either therapy alone. The project aims to improve the treatment of chronic insomnia in older adults leading to improved quality of life and reduced health care costs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $383,961.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Financial economics

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Other Keywords

bright light therapy | circadian rhythm sleep disorder | cognitive behaviour therapy | daytime tiredness | older adults | sleep | sleep maintanance insomnia | sleep maintenance insomnia

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