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The Impact of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions on Sleep Disturbance in Depressed and Anxious Community-dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review

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Bentham, Charlotte, Eaves, Lucy·2022·Behavioral Sleep Medicine

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INTRODUCTION: Depression and anxiety are prevalent mental health conditions in older adulthood. Despite sleep disturbance being a common comorbidity in late-life depression and anxiety, it is often discounted as a target for treatment. The current review aims to establish whether cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective in treating concomitant sleep disturbance in depressed and anxious older adults and to review evidence supporting whether CBT interventions targeting anxiety and depression, or concurrent sleep disturbance, have the greatest effectiveness in this client group. METHOD: A systematic database search was conducted to identify primary research papers evaluating the effectiveness of CBT interventions, recruiting older adults with symptoms of depression and/or anxiety, and employing a validated measure of sleep disturbance. The identified papers were included in a narrative synthesis of the literature. RESULTS: Eleven identified studies consistently support reductions in sleep disturbance in elderly participants with depression and anxiety in response to CBT. Most CBT interventions in the review included techniques specifically targeting sleep, and only one study directly compared CBT for insomnia (CBT-I) with a CBT-I intervention also targeting depressive symptoms, limiting the ability of the review to comment on whether interventions targeting sleep disturbance or mental health symptoms have superior effectiveness. CONCLUSION: The extant research indicates that CBT interventions are effective in ameliorating sleep disturbance in late-life depression and anxiety. Future high-quality research is required to substantiate this finding and to compare the effectiveness of CBT-I and CBT for depression and anxiety in this group to inform clinical practice.

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Authors
Bentham, C., & Eaves, L.
Affiliations
  • University of Sheffield (GB)
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Corresponding author
Bentham, Charlotte
Venue
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Published
2021-06-14
Volume
20
Issue
4
Pages
477-499
ISSN
  • 1540-2002 (ISSN-L)
  • 1540-2010
OpenAlex
W3171421740
Cited by
20
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 1
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0.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Behavioral Sleep Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
Keywords
cognitive behavioral therapy, sleep disorders, insomnia, geriatric depression, late-life anxiety, older adults, comorbid depression and anxiety, community-dwelling older adults
MeSH terms
Aged, Anxiety, Cognition, Depression, Humans, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Sleep, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Independent Living

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