Sentences with phrase «sleep maintenance»

Medical psychologist Jack D. Edinger of Duke University and his colleagues conducted a two - and - a-half-year study of 75 adults suffering from sleep maintenance insomnia in order to assess the efficacy of a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), as compared with relaxation therapy and placebo therapy.

Increased nocturnal activity and impaired sleep maintenance in abused children.

But if you wake up in the middle of the night at least three times a week, and it's been going on for at least three months, you may have what's called sleep maintenance insomnia (a.k.a. the inability to stay asleep).

Taking it 2 to 3 hours before bedtime to coincide with the body's natural melatonin surge and taking a prolonged - release version to promote sleep maintenance are two strategies I use for helping patients sleep better.

The Sleep Impairment Index is a 7 - item scale that yields a quantitative index of insomnia severity; it was used as a collateral measure of treatment outcome.6 Ratings on a 5 - point scale were obtained on the perceived severity of sleep onset, sleep maintenance, and early morning awakening problems; interference with daytime functioning; noticeability of impairment caused by the sleep problem; distress / concern caused by the sleep problem; and satisfaction with current sleep pattern.