Tag Archives: CBT-I

Posted on by

Are you a student having trouble sleeping? Would you like to sleep better?

HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SLEEP BETTER?

oasislogo

The Oxford Access for Students Improving Sleep (OASIS) study offers an effective state of the art sleep improvement programme to all students who take part.  This involves a 6 week course and keeping a sleep diary.  The course is delivered via the web and mobile phone.  In addition you’d be required to complete online assessments.  There are no face to face appointments.

We are offering this as part of a research study to find out if improving students sleep also improves their emotional wellbeing.

To find out if you’re eligible to take part, please register your interest on the study website and you will receive a link to a short sleep test (2 minutes). 

https://oasis.psych.ox.ac.uk

The OASIS study is run by Oxford University’s world-leading Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi) in collaboration with Lincoln University’s Community and Health Research Unit (CaHRU).

Posted on by

Online communities and social networking platforms for computerised therapies

A new study investigating how computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) can be enhanced through the use of social networking platforms was published in the British Journal of General Practice in December 2012.  This qualitative study, funded by the EPSRC and conducted by members of the CaHRU team, Jo Middlemass, Dr Zowie Davy and Professor Niroshan Siriwardena, explored patient and practitioner perspectives on CCBT programmes for insomnia (CCBT-I) which would included social networking.

The objectives of the interview study were:

  • To explore patient and professional perspectives, attitudes, expectations and beliefs towards online health care programmes;
  • To identify participants’ preferences for content, style and information disclosure to health professionals or fellow sufferers;
  • To investigate barriers and facilitators of access, use and adherence to CCBT with a focus on sleep problems and insomnia.

Two meta-themes emerged as key to enhancing uptake and adherence to a potential new CCBT-I package: the need for trust (in the programme, in the patient-professional relationship and in online peer support) and the functionality of the CCBT-I package, with potential users expressing a preference for it to be interactive, individualised and easily navigable.

The findings from the interview study have been incorporated into a novel online CCBT-I package which is currently undergoing testing, designed by a team led by Professor Shaun Lawson who leads the Lincoln Institute of Social Computing (LiSC) with co-investigator Dr Conor Linehan, both based in the School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln.

The study was published in the Br J Gen Pract December 2012; 62 (605): 642-643 with the full-length article available through open access: Middlemass J, Davy Z, Cavanagh K, Linehan C, Morgan K, Lawson S, Siriwardena AN. Integrating online communities and social networks with computerised treatment for insomnia: a qualitative study of service user and primary health care professional perspectives. Br J Gen Pract 2012; 62:e840-e850 doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X659321.