Morin Late-Life

CBT vs Temazepam for Late-Life Insomnia

Patient / Population Intervention / Exposition Comparaison Critère de jugement

In 78 older adults with chronic primary insomnia, CBT or temazepam (alone or in combination) reduced wake after sleep onset compared with pill placebo, with only CBT durable at 24 months.

N
78
Schéma
RCT, Canada
Critère
Polysomnographic and diary sleep measures
Pertinence
2
RésultatAcute: all active arms > placebo (WASO ↓54%); only CBT-I durable at 24-month follow-up.
Morin CM, et al. JAMA. 1999;281(11):991-999. 10.1001/jama.281.11.991
Discussion et critique

Defined the long-term advantage of CBT-I over hypnotics in older adults.