Digital CBT-I for Patients With Chronic Pain and Insomnia

"Sleep restriction includes behavioral instructions to limit the time spent in bed to increase sleep drive and further reduce time awake in bed.~Stimulus control therapy entails behavioral instructions to strengthen the association between bed and sleep and to eliminate conditioning of non-sleep behavior and bed.~Deactivation/relaxation training involves methods to reduce somatic tension and limit intrusive thought processes that interfere with sleep.~Cognitive therapy helps to identify, challenge, and modify dysfunctional beliefs about sleep.~Sleep hygiene education entails specific information relating to lifestyle and environmental factors that may interfere with or promote sound sleep. Sleep hygiene education also includes specific sleep facilitating recommendations, such as avoiding visual access to a clock in the bedroom, regular sleep scheduling, avoiding long daytime naps, and limiting alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine intake."

Sleep hygiene education entails specific information relating to lifestyle (diet, exercise, substance use) and environmental factors (light, noise, temperature) that may interfere with or promote sound sleep. Sleep hygiene education also includes specific sleep facilitating recommendations, such as avoiding visual access to a clock in the bedroom, regular sleep scheduling, avoiding long daytime naps, and limiting alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine intake.