Long-term effects of treatment for chronic nightmares: is imagery rehearsal therapy robust in the COVID-19 pandemic?
Caroline Sierro, Wendy Leslie, Benjamin Putois
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine November 15, 2020 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.8742 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational follow-up Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Patients with chronic nightmares who had previously received imagery rehearsal therapy |
| Intervention | Imagery rehearsal therapy |
| Duration | 3- to 5-year follow-up |
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Key findings | Imagery rehearsal therapy for chronic nightmares showed lasting reductions in nightmare frequency and distress three to five years post-treatment, with effects persisting through the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Abstract
Sierro C, Leslie W, Putois B. Long-term effects of treatment for chronic nightmares: is imagery rehearsal therapy robust in the COVID-19 pandemic? J Clin Sleep Med. 2020;16(11):1993.
Comparable studies
Other observational and cohort studies on dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucid Dreaming: a State of Consciousness with Features of Both Waking and Non-Lucid Dreaming Student volunteers trained to become lucid and signal lucidity with horizontal eye... | 2009 | Observational study | n = 6 |
| Nightmare Prevalence, Nightmare Distress, and Self-Reported Psychological Disturbance Young adults with a mean age of 20 years | 2002 | Prospective observational study | n = 116 |
| Long-term effects of extreme situational stress on sleep and dreaming Survivors of traumatic events who complained of sleep disturbances, compared with... | 1987 | Case-control study | n = 11 |
| The relationship of nightmare frequency and nightmare distress to well‐being Adults who reported dreams | 2004 | Observational cohort | n = 147 |
| Dreaming in NREM Sleep: A High-Density EEG Study of Slow Waves and Spindles Healthy human subjects | 2018 | Observational cohort | n = 14 |