0408 Evaluation Of A CBT-I Self-help Program Administered By A Mobile App

Abstract Introduction As of 2016, the American College of Physicians recommends Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) as the first line treatment for insomnia. Because many consumers cannot access traditional CBT-I due to financial obstacles or time constraints, these authors developed a mobile phone application called Night Owl: Sleep Coach, a 56-day self-help program based on CBT-I, and conducted an evaluation of the program based on data collected since 2015. Methods Anonymized, daily participant sleep log data was examined. A total of 157 users completed at least 14 days of sleep logs. Days 1–7 were considered the baseline period, and the last seven days were the outcome period. Data was included for analysis for participants who completed sleep logs through day 35 of the behavioral components and through day 49 for all components and who had baseline scores of WASO>29 and SOL>29, constituting chronic insomnia. Results Paired-samples t-tests were conducted to compare baseline and outcome measures. For the 70 participants who completed at least 3/6 program components, significant differences emerged for sleep log measures of sleep onset latency (SOL; M=55.1, SD=61.4 vs. M=27.9, SD=33.3; t(69)=-6.4, p