Adapted Delivery of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Behav Sleep Med. 2017 Jul-Aug;15(4):288-301. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2015.1126597. Epub 2016 Apr 14.

Abstract

Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors (AYACS) are at risk for the development of insomnia, though it remains vastly undertreated. Limited research has evaluated cognitive-behavioral treatment for insomnia (CBT-I) in AYACS. The present study piloted adapted CBT-I designed to improve treatment accessibility by delivering a three-session intervention in person and via videoconference. AYACS with insomnia (N = 12) enrolled in the study. Ten AYACS completed the intervention, with six in person and four via videoconference. Sleep variables improved immediately postintervention and were sustained at two-month follow-up. Within sample effect sizes of the adapted intervention for sleep, variables were large, and there were no noted differences on sleep outcomes between the in-person and videoconference participants. These pilot findings indicate that an adapted CBT-I intervention is feasible and promising in AYACS populations.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Sleep / physiology
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / complications*
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / physiopathology
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / therapy*
  • Survivors*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult