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Sleep Disturbances and Chronic Widespread Pain

Chronic widespread pain (CWP), defined as long-lasting pain in multiple body regions, has a prevalence of 10-14% in Europe and is associated with other physical symptoms such as fatigue and cognitive problems. Individuals with longstanding pain also have a high prevalence of sleep disturbances, and sleep problems can in itself lead to tiredness, lower neurocognitive function and higher pain ratings. However, studies of comorbid sleep problems for individuals with CWP are a lacking, and the primary aim for the present study is to assess the prevalence of sleep disturbances in individuals with CWP, and to see how this covariates with pain, fatigue, activity level, neurocognitive functioning, and biomarkers. As a secondary aim the study will assess a subgroup of the individuals, that has received multimodal pain management treatment, a second time after 6 months to analyze how the prevalence of sleep disturbances and other associated problems covaries over time.

Start: September 2019

Sleep Wellness Program - University REST

This study study aims to examine relationships between sleep and mental health and well-being among a more heterogeneous sample of students and apply the REST intervention to this group to determine whether we can improve sleep in this group and whether changes in sleep are associated with improvements in mental health.

Start: March 2020

A Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder

This study will examine the use of a transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Treatment (TranS-C) in treating Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Chinese adults. Sleep disturbance is highly comorbid with a range of psychological disorders, especially MDD. MDD is a major public health concern and a leading cause of disability worldwide. A shift in treatment perspectives, from a disorder-specific approach to a transdiagnostic approach, has been proposed. While the disorder-specific approach tends to understand and treat different mental disorders as independent psychological problems, the transdiagnostic approach aims to identify common clinical features (e.g. sleep disturbances) across a range of psychological disorders. The transdiagnostic approach would potentially facilitate timely dissemination of evidence-based psychological treatments and contribute to significant public health implications. This study will be a randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of TranS-C for MDD. TranS-C integrates elements of evidence-based interventions, namely cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia, delayed sleep phase type, and interpersonal and social rhythm therapy. Prior to all study procedures, an online informed consent (with phone support) will be obtained from potential participants. Around 150 eligible participants will be randomly assigned to the TranS-C group or the care-as-usual control group (CAU group) in a ratio of 1:1. The randomization will be performed by an independent assessor using a computer-generated list of numbers. No deception is necessary. Participants in the TranS-C group will receive TranS-C once per week for 6 consecutive weeks respectively. The group treatment will be delivered by a clinical psychology trainee under the supervision of a clinical psychologist. The TranS-C group will complete a set of online/paper-and-pencil questionnaires before the treatment commences, 1-week, and 12-week after the treatment sessions are completed. The CAU group will complete the same set of online/paper-and-pencil questionnaires during the same periods.

Start: January 2019

Sleep Disturbances in Patients With Psychotic Symptoms (AkuSleep)

Sleep disturbance is recognized as a major problem for patients with psychosis and is seen in nearly all patients admitted in acute crisis to a psychiatric hospital. Cognitive behavioral treatment is recommended as first-line treatment for insomnia in national and international guidelines. This study explores effect of adapting the milieu therapy to comply with the principles of CBT for insomnia. Our aim is to rethink our day to day psychological interventions and our around the clock milieu therapy for patients with acute and severe mental illness in light of established knowledge on how sleep is obtained and maintained.

Start: March 2020

Sleep Quality and Pain Medication Use Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

The purpose of this study is to investigate if oral melatonin reduces postoperative sleep 18 disturbances and narcotics use. We will enroll patients undergoing primary arthroscopic rotator 19 cuff repair (ARCR) at the Rothman Institute.

Start: March 2020

Sleep and Cognition After Ambulatory Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Sleep and rest are key elements in postoperative rehabilitation and recovery. There are complex relations between major surgery, sleep disturbance and complications. Major surgery leeds to severe postoperative sleep disturbances, initially reducing REM sleep time and disturbing the remaining sleep stages. Major surgery is again a risk factor for postoperative delirium and other cognitive impairment. The underlying mechanisms includes pain, opioid medication, sleep disturbances and neuroinflammation, along with external factors as noise during hospitalisation. The physiologic stress from sleep disturbances and sleep deprivation is associated with blood-brain barrier impairment, inflammation, decreased restitution, altered nociceptive function. Likewise, undiagnosed and untreated sleep apnea is a risk for postoperative complications and is itself affected by anesthesia and some analgesics (i.a. opioids). Fast-track surgery development has led to restitution period shortening, optimized pain management reducing opioid use, postoperative inflammatory stress response reduction and less delirium. Evolution of hip and knee arthroplasty(THA/TKA), organisation, optimized pain management and pharmacologic modification of inflammatory response by high dose steroid has permitted to perform these surgeries in an outpatient setting. Previous studies of fast-track THA/TKA using multimodal opioid-sparring analgesia, however neither using high dose steroids nor in an out patient setting, have demonstrated REM sleep period reduction from a normal range of 18% preoperatively to 1% postoperatively. However, changes in sleep architecture after THA/TKA in at setting attempting to minimise abnormal sleep by means of ambulatory surgery added to perioperative reduction of inflammatory response to surgery, pain and opioid use by high dose steroid, haven't been studied. The purpose of this study is to investigate how much an optimized ambulatory THA/TKA , reducing pain and inflammatory response to surgery and opioid use by high doses steroid can conserve the preoperative sleep architecture.

Start: March 2020

Subjective Sleep Quality in CUD TMS-Treated

Sleep disruptions are prevalent complaints in cocaine use disorder (CUD) subjects, either during consumption or withdrawal. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) seem to be a promissing strategy in the treatment of chronic cocaine users. The aim of this study will be to assess the variation on self-perceived sleep quality and drug use variables in individuals with CUD undergoing a rTMS protocol over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC).

Start: January 2015

Group Therapy for Fibromyalgia:the Effectiveness of Mindfulness -Based VS Cognitive-behavioral Therapy

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder, highly co-morbid with depression, stress, and anxiety. the investigators aim to examine the effect of group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) among fibromyalgia patients. the investigators will also examine which intervention fits which patient, according to one's individual characteristics, in hope that this would enable Maccabi to offer personalized treatment. Furthermore, the investigators wish to identify the underlying cognitive and psychopathological mechanisms (measured during treatment) by which each intervention works.

Start: April 2019

Integrating Systematic Data of Geriatric Medicine to Explore the Solution for Health Aging

This project aims to build up the comprehensive database of geriatric medicine for local Taiwanese.

Start: September 2019

Sleep in Psychiatric Inpatients

Decades of research have shown that sleep disturbances are common among patients with a wide range of psychiatric disorders. Such reported sleep disturbances include disrupted sleep efficiency and continuity, sleep quality complaints, insomnia, and nightmares. While traditional models suggest that certain sleep alterations are specific for certain mental disorders, newer models assume a transdiagnostic or dimensional view of sleep disturbances in mental disorders. Findings of a recent meta-analysis support the transdiagnostic or dimensional association between sleep disorders and psychiatric conditions. Additionally, the period just prior to sleep has recently received increased clinical and research interest, with studies investigating cognitive activity and rumination prior to sleep. However, only few studies compare sleep in different psychiatric diagnoses and the characteristics of sleep in different mental disorders are still not understood well enough for concrete implications for clinical practice. This is especially true for the population of psychiatric inpatients. In this study, the outcome measures and study variables will be measured with standardised and validated questionnaires, structured clinical interview, and a commercially available Fitbit Charge 2 tracker. Participants will be recruited from the inpatient units of the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich (PUK). Screening will be conducted by the applicant and master's students enrolled in the project, using electronic patient files at the hospital. The patients will be invited to the study by their treating physician or psychologist. Assessments will consist of one interview and filling out of questionnaires (with a 30- to 45-minute duration respectively). A sub-sample will wear fill out a sleep diary for seven consecutive nights as well as wear a Fitbit Charge 2 tracker, which they will return a week later. Each patient will receive participant reimbursement of 30 Swiss francs (CHF) for their participation in the study.

Start: August 2018

A Sleep Intervention for Children With Neuropsychiatric Syndromes and Sleep Problems

The aim of the study is to evaluate a sleep intervention with weighted blankets for children with ADHD and sleep problem regarding health-related outcomes, sleep, and cost-effectiveness. The study is an RCT with cross-over design. The participants will be randomized to start with an active or placebo blanket, and then change blankets during the 16 week study period.

Start: October 2019

The Effects of Sensory Stimulative Activities on Sleep Performance in Elderly Adults: A Single-case Design

Older adults have a high prevalence of sleep disturbances, which negatively and severely impact their health and quality of life. Research indicated that 43% elderly outpatients in Taiwan have used benzodiazepine, which collectively led to great medical expenditure. Non-pharmacological treatments are highly recommended as first priority for sleep disturbance in practice. Music interventions have been reported to modulate the sympathetic nervous system and to improve the elderly's sleeping performance. Proprioceptive interventions can also activate the parasympathetic nervous system, providing calming effects and significantly reducing anxiety, hyperactivity and agitation in various populations. However, the effects of these intervention on the sleep disturbances in the elderly remain unclear. The research purpose is to investigate the effects of two sensory activities that are easily executed in everyday life - auditory (e.g. listening to the music before sleeping) and proprioceptive (e.g. joint compression exercises) interventions on improving the sleep performance of the elderly. Subjective sleeping quality assessment (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index & Insomnia Severity Index) and objective physiological records measured by actigraphy are used as outcome measures.

Start: April 2019

Sleep, the Never-ending Quest of College Students

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether undergraduate students completing a course focused entirely on sleep at a major urban university evidence positive changes in their sleep patterns compared to students completing a similar-level course (without any discussion of sleep) in the same department (Psychology) at the same university (UH). Potential changes in sleep patterns across the semester will be examined as well as whether putative changes in sleep can be linked with academic and mental health outcomes.

Start: August 2019

Tech4Rest Trial With Team Truck Drivers

The current project is a safety and health intervention focused on sleep and fatigue among truck driver teams (pairs), where one driver sleeps in a moving vehicle while the other partner drives. This study is conducted within the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC), a NIOSH Center of Excellence in Total Worker Health. We will evaluate engineering and behavioral interventions to improve sleep, reduce fatigue, and impact Total Worker Health. An enhanced cab intervention will alter whole body vibrations during driving and sleep periods, and includes a therapeutic mattress system and an active suspension seat. The enhanced cab will be evaluated alone and in combination with a behavioral sleep intervention adapted from our effective SHIFT (Safety &Health Involvement For Truckers) program. The interventions prioritize hazard reduction according to the hierarchy of controls, and will be evaluated with a randomized controlled design.

Start: May 2017

Sleeping For Two: Trial for CBT for Insomnia in Pregnancy

Cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has been shown to be an effective treatment for insomnia in multiple populations, including women during pregnancy and postpartum. This randomized-controlled trial will compare the efficacy of CBT-I for pregnant women with insomnia to a treatment as usual group.

Start: May 2019

Closed Loop TES for Enhancing Slow Wave Sleep

Compare closed-loop with open-loop application of TES to enhance slow waves of sleep.

Start: January 2020