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P053 Management of insomnia by Australian psychologists
INTRODUCTION: Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, 10–30% of adults have regular difficulties falling and/or staying asleep that cause significant daytime impairments. General Practitioner (GP) clinical guidelines recommend Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) as the first-line t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10109081/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.100 |
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author | Haycock, J Hoon, E Sweetman, A Lack, L Lovato, N |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, 10–30% of adults have regular difficulties falling and/or staying asleep that cause significant daytime impairments. General Practitioner (GP) clinical guidelines recommend Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) as the first-line treatment rather than medications. However, most GPs do not have the time or training to administer CBTi, and consequently, many patients are prescribed sedative-hypnotic medicines. Psychologists have training in CBT and may be well placed to deliver behavioural therapy for insomnia. However, the amount of sleep-specific training, and knowledge of CBTi among Australian psychologists remains unknown. Identifying key barriers and enablers in the management of insomnia within psychology provides a first step in engaging with psychologists about the delivery of evidence-based insomnia treatment. METHODS: This qualitative study used a pragmatic inductive approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 26 Australian psychologists. Interviews included case study scenarios to provide an in-depth exploration of psychologists’ knowledge and skills in the management of insomnia, and attitudes towards further training in CBTi. Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis to identify themes. RESULTS: Preliminary themes identified in the data include; psychologists believe sleep is important for general well-being, insomnia is usually seen as secondary to other co-morbid disorders such as depression and anxiety that are the focus of treatment, most psychologists surveyed lack training and knowledge in CBTi. DISCUSSION: Most Australian psychologists are not well prepared to manage insomnia effectively with CBTi. Along with other primary health care professionals, psychologists need training in the management of insomnia. |
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spelling | pubmed-101090812023-05-15 P053 Management of insomnia by Australian psychologists Haycock, J Hoon, E Sweetman, A Lack, L Lovato, N Sleep Adv Poster Presentations INTRODUCTION: Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, 10–30% of adults have regular difficulties falling and/or staying asleep that cause significant daytime impairments. General Practitioner (GP) clinical guidelines recommend Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) as the first-line treatment rather than medications. However, most GPs do not have the time or training to administer CBTi, and consequently, many patients are prescribed sedative-hypnotic medicines. Psychologists have training in CBT and may be well placed to deliver behavioural therapy for insomnia. However, the amount of sleep-specific training, and knowledge of CBTi among Australian psychologists remains unknown. Identifying key barriers and enablers in the management of insomnia within psychology provides a first step in engaging with psychologists about the delivery of evidence-based insomnia treatment. METHODS: This qualitative study used a pragmatic inductive approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 26 Australian psychologists. Interviews included case study scenarios to provide an in-depth exploration of psychologists’ knowledge and skills in the management of insomnia, and attitudes towards further training in CBTi. Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis to identify themes. RESULTS: Preliminary themes identified in the data include; psychologists believe sleep is important for general well-being, insomnia is usually seen as secondary to other co-morbid disorders such as depression and anxiety that are the focus of treatment, most psychologists surveyed lack training and knowledge in CBTi. DISCUSSION: Most Australian psychologists are not well prepared to manage insomnia effectively with CBTi. Along with other primary health care professionals, psychologists need training in the management of insomnia. Oxford University Press 2021-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10109081/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.100 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Sleep Research Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
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title | P053 Management of insomnia by Australian psychologists |
title_full | P053 Management of insomnia by Australian psychologists |
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title_full_unstemmed | P053 Management of insomnia by Australian psychologists |
title_short | P053 Management of insomnia by Australian psychologists |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10109081/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.100 |
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