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Trial reportJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2025

Sleeping for Two: a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in pregnancy.

Anna L MacKinnon, Katherine Silang, Dana Watts, Jasleen Kaur, Makayla Freeman, Kyle Dewsnap, Elizabeth Keys, Joshua W Madsen, Gerald F Giesbrecht, Tyler Williamson and 4 more

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03301727 nacompletednot on this map

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia in Pregnancy

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of CalgaryRan2016 to 2018Enrolled54ConditionsInsomnia, Sleep DisturbanceArmsCognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
NCT03918057 nacompletednot on this map

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia in Pregnancy

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of CalgaryRan2019 to 2022Enrolled62ConditionsInsomnia, Sleep DisturbanceArmsCognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia, Active Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Anna L MacKinnonDepartment of Psychiatry and Addiction, University of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Katherine SilangDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Dana WattsDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Jasleen KaurDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Makayla FreemanDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Kyle DewsnapDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Elizabeth KeysSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Joshua W MadsenDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Gerald F GiesbrechtDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Tyler WilliamsonDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Amy MetcalfeDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Tavis CampbellDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Kelly J MrklasAlberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Lianne M Tomfohr-MadsenDepartment of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

objectivesInsomnia and sleep problems are common in pregnancy and have potentially negative impacts on both parental and infant health. This study examined the Sleeping for Two adaptation of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in pregnancy.

methodsA parallel (1:1) randomized controlled trial evaluated CBT-I (

resultsMultilevel modeling using an intention-to-treat approach showed that CBT-I was associated with a decrease in insomnia symptoms and improved sleep quality across time compared to treatment as usual. The CBT-I group had fewer diagnoses of insomnia posttreatment, but the difference did not reach statistical significance until 6 months postpartum. Participants with worse sleep quality at baseline benefitted substantially more from CBT-I vs treatment as usual waitlist.

conclusionsCBT-I delivered in pregnancy can reduce symptoms of insomnia and improve sleep quality, which could in turn minimize risk of negative consequences for birthing parent and infant health. CLINICAL

trial registrationRegistry: ClinicalTrials.gov; Name: Sleeping for Two: RCT of CBT-Insomnia in Pregnancy; URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03301727; Identifier: NCT03918057. CITATION: MacKinnon AL, Silang K, Watts D, et al. Sleeping for Two: a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in pregnancy.

Indexed as

Cognitive Behavioral TherapyPregnancy ComplicationsSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersAdultAlbertaCOVID-19FemaleHumansPregnancyTreatment OutcomeCBTinsomniapregnancyRCTsleeptherapy

Identifiers

PMID39436396
PMCPMC11789235

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