Effect of CBT-I on the Cognitive Failures in Insomniac Young Adults
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CBT-I, Insomnia, Cognitive Failures, Insomniac Young AdultsAbstract
Introduction: Insomnia is a common, chronic, and debilitating sleep disorder. Patients regard cognitive failures as one of the insomnia's most adverse side effects. Cognitive failure is a mental error in performing a task that a person would typically execute successfully in everyday life, like concentration problems, memory loss and decreased perception. Still, the effects of evidence-based treatment such as CBT-I are unclear. This study aims to see if using CBT-I to treat insomnia reduces self-reported cognitive failures and improves sleep quality. Objective: To study the effect of CBT-I on cognitive failures of insomniac young adults. Material and Methods: Through an online survey, 306 young adults were screened by finally selecting 70 young individuals with insomnia symptoms between the ages of 20 to 30 years by convenience sampling method. Then they were divided into two groups, namely the Intervention Group and the Wait-list Control Group, by a simple random sampling method. Each intervention group participant was given ten sessions of CBT-I developed explicitly for this purpose. Pre- and post-measures were recorded with the help of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ). Results: The use of CBT-I to treat insomnia resulted in a statistically and clinically significant improvement in sleep quality, a decrease in the severity of insomnia symptoms, and a reduction in self-reported cognitive failures. Conclusion: CBT-I was a successful treatment method for enhancing sleep quality, lowering insomnia severity, and enhancing young adults' self-reported cognitive failures.
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