In episode 598, James and Mike continue to talk with David Gardner about the issue of insomnia. We discuss his latest, very cool, Your Answers When Needing Sleep (YAWNS NB) randomized clinical trial. YAWNS was a pragmatic, open-label, minimum-contact, RCT where people with long-term use of benzodiazepines and current or past insomnia were randomly allocated to different mailed behavior change interventions or no intervention. They found that in people who got the intervention more of them stopped or reduced the dose of their benzodiazepines and more improved their sleep. Tune in for the numbers for this simple intervention.

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The YAWNS NB trial

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Sleepwell, a research and knowledge translation program based out of Dalhousie University in Halifax, includes tools, resources, and recommendations for patients, the public, and health care professionals.

Some features and resources to explore are: Sleepwell stories (patient and health care professional video and written accounts) Clinicians – short videos on how to use get what you need from the website for patient care, and CBT-I training options Sleepwell recommends – vetted reviews and recommendations for self-help CBT-I programs Sleeping pills – content to motivate and facilitate safely ending long-term use of sedatives Tools – sleep diary, online sleep calculator (with guidance for time-in-bed restriction therapy), behaviour change tools (CBTi vs. Sleeping Pills)

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