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dc.contributor.authorLancee, J.
dc.contributor.authorYasiney, S.
dc.contributor.authorBrendel, R.
dc.contributor.authorBoffo, M.
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorSalemink, E.
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T05:22:23Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T05:22:23Z
dc.date.created2017-07-26T11:11:16Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationLancee, J. and Yasiney, S. and Brendel, R. and Boffo, M. and Clarke, P. and Salemink, E. 2017. Attentional bias modification training for insomnia: A double-blind placebo controlled randomized trial. PLoS One. 12 (4): pp. e0174531-e0174531.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54839
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0174531
dc.description.abstract

© 2017 Lancee et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Background: Attentional bias toward sleep-related information is believed to play a key role in insomnia. If attentional bias is indeed of importance, changing this bias should then in turn have effects on insomnia complaints. In this double-blind placebo controlled randomized trial we investigated the efficacy of attentional bias modification training in the treatment of insomnia. Method: We administered baseline, post-test, and one-week follow-up measurements of insomnia severity, sleep-related worry, depression, and anxiety. Participants meeting DSM-5 criteria for insomnia were randomized into an attentional bias training group (n = 67) or a placebo training group (n = 70). Both groups received eight training sessions over the course of two weeks. All participants kept a sleep diary for four consecutive weeks (one week before until one week after the training sessions). Results: There was no additional benefit for the attentional bias training over the placebo training on sleep-related indices/outcome measures. Conclusions: The absence of the effect may be explained by the fact that there was neither attentional bias at baseline nor any reduction in the bias after the training. Either way, this study gives no support for attentional bias modification training as a stand-alone intervention for ameliorating insomnia complaints.

dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.titleAttentional bias modification training for insomnia: A double-blind placebo controlled randomized trial
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume12
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPagee0174531
dcterms.source.endPagee0174531
dcterms.source.issn1932-6203
dcterms.source.titlePLoS One
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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