Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia on Sleep, Symptoms, Stress, and Autonomic Function Among Patients With Heart Failure
Redeker NS, Conley S, Anderson G, Cline J, Andrews L, Mohsenin V, Jacoby D, Jeon S. Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia on Sleep, Symptoms, Stress, and Autonomic Function Among Patients With Heart Failure. Behavioral Sleep Medicine 2018, 18: 190-202. PMID: 30461315, PMCID: PMC6529289, DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2018.1546709.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary free cortisolHeart failureAutonomic functionCognitive behavioral therapyFree cortisolSleep characteristicsSleep-related cognitionsBehavioral therapyChronic heart failureStable heart failureSleep-related symptomsHypothalamic-pituitary axisStable class IISelf-reported insomnia severityEffects of CBTFunctional performanceDaytime symptomsPituitary axisSleep disturbancesSleep interventionsWrist actigraphySleep durationInsomnia severityBiomarkers of stressRatio of days