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Protocol for a randomized controlled study examining the role of rapid eye movement sleep in fear-related mechanisms: rapid eye movement fragmentation and fear inhibition in adults with insomnia disorders before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
Insomnia confers a 2.5-to-3-fold risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic event. The mechanism underlying this increased risk, however, remains unknown. We postulate insomnia may contribute to PTSD by disrupting rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, as REM sleep disruption...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10474912/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37663035 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad030 |
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author | Vuong, Vivien Mellor, Alix Risbrough, Victoria B Bei, Bei Drummond, Sean P A |
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description | Insomnia confers a 2.5-to-3-fold risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic event. The mechanism underlying this increased risk, however, remains unknown. We postulate insomnia may contribute to PTSD by disrupting rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, as REM sleep disruption has been shown to impair fear inhibitory processes, which are central to the natural recovery from trauma. To test this hypothesis, the following protocol aims to: (1) examine the relationship between REM sleep and fear inhibition in insomnia, and (2) examine whether reducing REM fragmentation by treating insomnia, in turn, improves fear inhibition. Ninety-two adults with Insomnia Disorder will be block randomized (1:1; stratified by sex) to an active treatment (7 weekly sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) via telehealth) or waitlist control condition. REM sleep (latent variable derived from REM %, REM efficiency, and REM latency) and fear inhibition (i.e. safety signal and extinction recall) will be assessed pre- and post-treatment in a 4 night/3 day testing protocol via at-home polysomnography and the fear-potentiated startle paradigm, respectively. Fear extinction recall will serve as the primary outcome, while safety signal recall will serve as the secondary outcome. In summary, this study aims to test an underlying mechanism potentially explaining why insomnia greatly increases PTSD risk, while demonstrating an existing clinical intervention (CBT-I) can be used to improve this mechanism. Findings will have potential clinical implications for novel approaches in the prevention, early intervention, and treatment of PTSD. |
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spelling | pubmed-104749122023-09-03 Protocol for a randomized controlled study examining the role of rapid eye movement sleep in fear-related mechanisms: rapid eye movement fragmentation and fear inhibition in adults with insomnia disorders before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia Vuong, Vivien Mellor, Alix Risbrough, Victoria B Bei, Bei Drummond, Sean P A Sleep Adv Research Methods, Protocols, Procedures Insomnia confers a 2.5-to-3-fold risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic event. The mechanism underlying this increased risk, however, remains unknown. We postulate insomnia may contribute to PTSD by disrupting rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, as REM sleep disruption has been shown to impair fear inhibitory processes, which are central to the natural recovery from trauma. To test this hypothesis, the following protocol aims to: (1) examine the relationship between REM sleep and fear inhibition in insomnia, and (2) examine whether reducing REM fragmentation by treating insomnia, in turn, improves fear inhibition. Ninety-two adults with Insomnia Disorder will be block randomized (1:1; stratified by sex) to an active treatment (7 weekly sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) via telehealth) or waitlist control condition. REM sleep (latent variable derived from REM %, REM efficiency, and REM latency) and fear inhibition (i.e. safety signal and extinction recall) will be assessed pre- and post-treatment in a 4 night/3 day testing protocol via at-home polysomnography and the fear-potentiated startle paradigm, respectively. Fear extinction recall will serve as the primary outcome, while safety signal recall will serve as the secondary outcome. In summary, this study aims to test an underlying mechanism potentially explaining why insomnia greatly increases PTSD risk, while demonstrating an existing clinical intervention (CBT-I) can be used to improve this mechanism. Findings will have potential clinical implications for novel approaches in the prevention, early intervention, and treatment of PTSD. Oxford University Press 2023-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10474912/ /pubmed/37663035 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad030 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Sleep Research Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Methods, Protocols, Procedures Vuong, Vivien Mellor, Alix Risbrough, Victoria B Bei, Bei Drummond, Sean P A Protocol for a randomized controlled study examining the role of rapid eye movement sleep in fear-related mechanisms: rapid eye movement fragmentation and fear inhibition in adults with insomnia disorders before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia |
title | Protocol for a randomized controlled study examining the role of rapid eye movement sleep in fear-related mechanisms: rapid eye movement fragmentation and fear inhibition in adults with insomnia disorders before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia |
title_full | Protocol for a randomized controlled study examining the role of rapid eye movement sleep in fear-related mechanisms: rapid eye movement fragmentation and fear inhibition in adults with insomnia disorders before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia |
title_fullStr | Protocol for a randomized controlled study examining the role of rapid eye movement sleep in fear-related mechanisms: rapid eye movement fragmentation and fear inhibition in adults with insomnia disorders before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia |
title_full_unstemmed | Protocol for a randomized controlled study examining the role of rapid eye movement sleep in fear-related mechanisms: rapid eye movement fragmentation and fear inhibition in adults with insomnia disorders before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia |
title_short | Protocol for a randomized controlled study examining the role of rapid eye movement sleep in fear-related mechanisms: rapid eye movement fragmentation and fear inhibition in adults with insomnia disorders before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia |
title_sort | protocol for a randomized controlled study examining the role of rapid eye movement sleep in fear-related mechanisms: rapid eye movement fragmentation and fear inhibition in adults with insomnia disorders before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia |
topic | Research Methods, Protocols, Procedures |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10474912/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37663035 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad030 |
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