Testing an Online Insomnia Intervention

"Participants will be given access to a web-based program on sleep education to read at their own pace during the 9-week intervention period. The program content overlaps with SHUTi on the following topics: insomnia symptoms, impacts, and causes, basic sleep improvement strategies, and when to see a doctor. The information is akin to that found on WebMD or National Sleep Foundation website. Unlike the SHUTi program, the information is fixed, accessible immediately (no week-to-week information unlocking) and there are no customized bedtime or wake-time suggestions based on sleep diary data."

"Sleep Healthy Using the Internet (SHUTi) is a well-validated version of e-CBT-I comprised of 6 weekly educational modules and daily sleep diaries. Participants will have 9 weeks to complete 6 once-weekly educational cores. Cores consist of: insomnia overview, sleep restriction, stimulus control, cognitive restructuring, sleep hygiene, and relapse prevention, and last approximately 45 minutes each. Participants will receive weekly objectives, as well as review and feedback on the previous core's assignments and sleep diary data, new material, assignments, and a summary. These features are supplemented with interactive features (i.e., personalized goal-setting, video vignettes). Participants receive daily emails prompting them to complete the 11-item sleep and alcohol use diary daily during the intervention."