ReviewJournal of clinical psychology in medical settings2024
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Self-Management Mobile Apps: A Review of Efficacy and Quality.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Development of a Voice-Activated Virtual Assistant to Improve Insomnia Among Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Mixed Methods Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Toward integrated sleep health: multimodal AI in Hang Hao Meng agent.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Review
- Usability, adherence and efficacy of coach-augmented dHealth cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in South African sexual assault survivors: a pilot study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- A Personalized, Texting-Based Conversational Agent to Address Sleep Disturbance in Individuals Who Have Survived Breast Cancer: Protocol for a Pilot Waitlist Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Feasibility of a Mobile App-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Perinatal Skills Program: Protocol for Nonrandomized Pilot Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
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Abstract
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the recommended treatment for insomnia, yet multiple barriers limit utilization. Digital CBT-I may present a solution, though related reviews have focused on Internet-based delivery rather than app use. The high utilization of health apps and prevalence of sleep apps indicate the need to equip clinicians with app-specific research. Toward this end, we reviewed efficacy and quality data on self-management CBT-I smartphone apps, revealing efficacy research on eleven apps, five of which were publicly available. While preliminary, these efficacy studies showed consistent positive findings. When examining quantitative quality indicators for the five publicly available apps, two had consistent data. Overall, two apps, CBTi Coach and Insomnia Coach, had positive, empirical findings across all efficacy and quality assessment approaches. We provide recommendations to guide clinician decision making regarding CBT-I self-management apps based on the literature and publicly available methods of app evaluations.
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