Log in and breathe out: Internet-based recovery training for sleepless employees with work-related strain – results of a randomized controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 164-174

  Thiart, Hanne ^a   Lehr, Dirk ^a   Ebert, David Daniel ^a,b   Berking, Matthias ^a,c   Riper, Heleen ^a,d  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CBT I; Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia; Guided self help; Insomnia; Internet based training; Occupational health; Online; Recreation; Stress; Teacher

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH RISK; INTERNET; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SLEEP; TEACHER TRAINING;

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INSOMNIA; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; INTERNET; INTERNET BASED RECOVERY TRAINING; JOB STRESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; RUMINATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STIMULUS; TEACHER; TRAINING; WORK RELATED STRAIN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925104413     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3478     Document Type: Article

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