癌症幸存者睡眠治疗教育计划:有效性试验的协议
Briana L Bice1, Alexis L Michaud1,2, Katherine G McCormick1
1Perini Family Survivors' Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States.
JMIR research protocols
|November 28, 2024
概括
患有失眠的癌症幸存者可以从睡眠治疗教育计划 (STEP-1) 中受益,这是一种改善睡眠和情绪的在线干预. 进一步的试验将探索其在不同人群中的有效性.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 癌症幸存者经历慢性失眠,增加长期健康风险.
- 失眠认知行为疗法 (CBTI) 是有效的,但由于距离和供应商短缺等障碍,许多幸存者无法获得.
- 睡眠治疗教育计划 (STEP-1) 提供一种基于CBTI的低强度在线干预,以解决这些局限性.
研究的目的:
- 评估STEP-1在改善癌症幸存者的失眠症状和情绪方面的疗效.
- 探索与治疗反应相关的因素,干预的可接受性和辅导的可行性.
- 评估参与者的满意度,并收集有关STEP-1改进的建议.
主要方法:
- 一项II期试点随机对照试验,涉及70名没有接受治疗的癌症幸存者 (40-89岁) 患有失眠.
- 参与者被随机分配到接受STEP-1干预或通过虚拟会议接受放松教育控制条件.
- 失眠症状 (失眠严重程度指数) 和情绪 (情绪状态简短表格概况) 在基线和4周和8周被评估.
主要成果:
- 70名参与者的招生于2024年10月结束.
- 数据分析计划于2024年秋季进行,预计结果将在2025年冬季发布.
- 该研究目前正在等待结果,以确定STEP-1的疗效.
结论:
- 结果将表明STEP-1是否提供超越安慰剂效应的好处.
- 如果有效,STEP-1可以在不同癌症幸存者群体中进行更大规模的试验.
- 这项研究旨在确定STEP-1作为癌症幸存者的失眠治疗方法.
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