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24. September 2024
Around ten percent of people in Germany suffer from chronic problems falling asleep and staying asleep. This so-called insomnia impairs the quality of life of those affected and increases the risk of mental illness in the long term.
Clinical guidelines recommend cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as the first-line treatment, but very few sufferers receive this therapy. The majority of patients are treated with medication, which is not recommended and can be associated with side effects.
The “iSleep well” project, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with more than 2 million euros, aims to make the therapy for sleep disorders recommended by medical associations available to more people.
Participants wanted for study
ISleep well is a multi-center study that is being conducted in cooperation between the University Hospital of Freiburg, the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, the Technical University of Lübeck and the Technical University of Munich. In addition, several study centers throughout Germany are involved in the project. The FAU is also a study center for the project and the study recently began here.
In total, more than 400 patients throughout Germany have the opportunity to be treated with guideline therapy as part of the large-scale study.
Interested parties can contact us by email at psy.isleep-well@uniklinik-freiburg.de. Further information about the study and participation can be found at www.isleep-well.de.
The study requirements include, among others: being of legal age, not working night shifts, owning a computer and smartphone, not having any other sleep disorders or serious illnesses, not currently receiving psychotherapeutic treatment.
More information
Blum Fight
Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
lottac.blum@fau.de
