Log in and breathe out: Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of an online sleep training for teachers affected by work-related strain - study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Thiart, Hanne ^a   Lehr, Dirk ^a   Ebert, David Danie ^a,b   Sieland, Bernhard ^a   Berking, Matthias ^a,b   Riper, Heleen ^a,c  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CBT I; Cost effectiveness; Insomnia; Internet; Occupational health; Stress; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; IRRITABILITY; JOB STRESS; ONLINE RECOVERY TRAINING FOR BETTER SLEEP; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP THERAPY; TEACHER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FACULTY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNET; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84878715905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-169     Document Type: Article

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