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A multicomponent cognitive–behavioural intervention for breast cancer survivors with insomnia improved perceived sleep
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D R Epstein
Dr D R Epstein, Carl T Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA; dana.epstein@va.gov
Is a multicomponent cognitive–behavioural intervention effective for chronic insomnia in breast cancer survivors?
Design: randomised controlled trial.
Allocation: {concealed}.*
Blinding: {unblinded}.*
Follow-up period: 2 weeks after intervention.
Setting: a university and a medical centre {in Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona, USA}.*
Patients:
81 women 29–86 years of age who completed surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy for stage 1–3 breast cancer 
3 months before study entry and had sleep onset latency or time awake after sleep onset 30 minutes for 3 nights/wk for 2 weeks. Exclusion criteria included cognitive impairment and suspected sleep apnoea, restless legs syndrome, or periodic limb movement disorder; or Brief Symptom Inventory global severity index T score >70.
Intervention:
multicomponent intervention (stimulus control instructions, sleep restriction, and sleep education and hygiene [SEH]) (n = 40) or SEH only (control) (n
University of New Hampshire Department of Nursing, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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