Efficacy of Sleep Hygiene Intervention in Elderly With Insomnia
Key facts
- Where
- Bengaluru, IndiaSee the site
Where in India
- St. John's Medical College and HospitalBengaluru, IndiaContact: Smita Deshpande, MDNo longer taking part
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- Who runs it
- University of Pittsburgh
- Trial code
- NCT06652789
- Record updated
- 27 March 2026
- Original description
Sleep disorders are common among elderly, especially among those with mental health disorders. Impaired quality of sleep, in elderly, can lead to worsening of mental and physical health too. Due to high patient to doctor ratio in India and paucity of time in busy outpatients, there is inadequate information on causes of poor sleep quality in patients and a tendency to treat poor sleep with drugs. Studies on effectiveness of sleep hygiene techniques in insomnia also tend to exclude elderly. Thus, investigators have inadequate evidence on the applicability of such interventions in the elderly. In this study it is proposed to find the efficacy of a sleep hygiene behavioural intervention on severity of insomnia in elderly with sleep disturbances.Read full original descriptionShow less
A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Sleep Hygiene Behavior Intervention in Elderly With Insomnia
Sleep disorders are common among elderly, especially among those with mental health disorders. Impaired quality of sleep, in elderly, can lead to worsening of mental and physical health too. Due to high patient to doctor ratio in India and paucity of time in busy outpatients, there is inadequate information on causes of poor sleep quality in patients and a tendency to treat poor sleep with drugs. Studies on effectiveness of sleep hygiene techniques in insomnia also tend to exclude elderly. Thus, investigators have inadequate evidence on the applicability of such interventions in the elderly. In this study it is proposed to find the efficacy of a sleep hygiene behavioural intervention on severity of insomnia in elderly with sleep disturbances.
Inclusion: Elderly patients; Age 60 years and above; With self-reported sleep disturbances, scoring >5 on PSQI; Who speak and understand one of English/ Kannada/ Hindi/ Tamil/ Telugu.
Exclusion: Patients who are on medications that interfere with sleep like hypnotics, anxiolytics, stimulants; With terminal medical illness; Parkinsons disease, dementia; Patients with severe mental illness; Patients who fulfil ICD-10 criteria for Alcohol Dependence syndrome; Patients with restless leg syndrome; With delirium; Clinically diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea; Patients who are on anti-depressants and antipsychotics.