Digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia reduces insomnia in nurses with shift work disorder: a randomized controlled pilot trial

Digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia reduces insomnia in nurses with shift work disorder: a randomized controlled pilot trial

Type: Randomized controlled trial

Registration: PMCID: PMC11596998

Status: Published

Tags: Digital health, Insomnia, Nurses

External URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11596998/

Summary

A guided digital CBT‑I tailored to shift work reduced insomnia severity in nurses with shift work disorder versus waitlist control.

Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls

A randomized trial how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules showed sleep, alertness, recovery, and metabolic markers for night‑shift workers and night owls. Overall, the data make the schedule itself visible in physiology, not just in how people feel subjectively. For the audience living on night schedules, the key meaning is that the schedule’s timing choices show up in measurable outcomes.

Tags

  • Digital health
  • Insomnia
  • Nurses

Notes

Open access.

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