Stay in bed less when the quality of sleep is bad
the research team led by Bois (Daniel Buysse) at the University of Pittsburgh medical school in the United States found that as part of a short-term behavioral treatment, several short visits and a telephone call with a nurse can help the elderly effectively. To overcome chronic insomnia.
1/5 of Americans suffer from insomnia, which accounts for 1/3 of the elderly. Insomnia can lead to a series of health problems such as accidents or high blood pressure, and the impact on mental health is self-evident. The key point of
this short acting therapy is simple, but contrary to intuition. The report was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Bois said: "when you sleep badly, the most important thing is to stay in bed."
30 years of research have shown that cognitive behavioral therapy and drugs have the same effect in the treatment of insomnia, while the former has less side effects. But behavioural therapy often requires an appointment of a therapist, 6 to 8 times for 1 hours of treatment, so it is time-consuming and difficult to promote the treatment.
in addition, the price of conventional behavioral therapy generally reaches hundreds of dollars, which is hard for many people to bear.