Status:
COMPLETED
Efficacy of Tai Chi Versus CBT-I in Treating Chronic Insomnia in Older Adults
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Hong Kong
Conditions:
Chronic Insomnia
Eligibility:
All Genders
50+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Insomnia is common in the older population, over 50% of older adults have sleep complaints, and 20-40% are reported to have insomnia. In HK, 38% of adults have reported insomnia. Insomnia is associate...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 50 years or older,
- ethnic Chinese who can communicate by Cantonese or Mandarin, and
- fulfill the DSM-5 criteria for chronic insomnia including difficulty in initiating sleep, maintaining sleep or non-restorative sleep, with complaints of impaired daytime functioning, sleep difficulty occurring at least three nights per week present for at least 3 months.
Exclusion
- cannot walk without assistive device (e.g., cane),
- somatic conditions that limit exercise participation (e.g., limb loss),
- regular aerobic exercise or mind-body training such as tai chi, yoga, qigong or meditation (\>3 times weekly for \>60 minutes per session),
- serious chronic diseases known to affect sleep (e.g., cancer and autoimmune diseases),
- dementia or use of anti-dementia medication,
- under treatment for serious diseases known to affect sleep (e.g., cancer chemotherapy),
- any chronic pain disorders known to affect sleep,
- untreated sleep disorder including obstructive sleep apnea, periodic leg movement disorder and narcolepsy (screened by questionnaire followed by polysomnographic confirmation in our Co-I's sleep lab, if needed),
- having current or past CBT-I,
- shift-worker.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 2 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04384822
Start Date
June 1 2020
End Date
November 2 2023
Last Update
November 30 2023
Active Locations (1)
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School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong