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Effect of cognitive behavior therapy on sleep disorder in Parkinson's disease in China: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Yang Hualu,
Petrini Marcia
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2012.00711.x
Subject(s) - parkinson's disease , medicine , cognition , rem sleep behavior disorder , physical therapy , sleep (system call) , disease , clinical psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
In this study, we established design feasibility and evaluated the effects of cognitive behavior therapy provided to individuals with Parkinson's disease. A single‐group interrupted time series design was used in this pilot study. Analyses were conducted on 22 participants, who provided data at pretest, post‐test, and 3 month follow up. At each time point, participants completed a sleep diary and Parkinson's disease sleep scale. There was a significant difference between pretest and post‐test ( P < 0.01). The results suggests that cognitive behavior therapy facilitates improvement of sleep disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease, and provides important information necessary to design more definitive studies in the future.