“I'd eat a bucket of nails if you told me it would help me sleep:” Perceptions of insomnia and its treatment in patients with stable heart failure
Andrews LK, Coviello J, Hurley E, Rose L, Redeker NS. “I'd eat a bucket of nails if you told me it would help me sleep:” Perceptions of insomnia and its treatment in patients with stable heart failure. Heart & Lung 2013, 42: 339-345. PMID: 23998381, PMCID: PMC4104042, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureHF patientsPatients' perceptionsStable heart failureSelf-management strategiesModel of insomniaEfficacy of interventionsCognitive behavioral therapyHypnotic medicationsDaytime functionInsomnia treatmentPoor sleepSleep concernsSide effectsPatientsHealth problemsInsomniaBehavioral therapyBehavioral treatmentTreatmentSleepDescriptive statisticsFocus group dataPsychological factorsIntervention