Improving Sleep and Quality of Life in Adults With HIV Disease

N/ACompletedNCT01073423

University of California, San Francisco20 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to see if yoga or music therapy can improve the sleep of adults with HIV.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Insomnia

Interventions

Music TherapyBEHAVIORAL

1-hour music therapy sessions, administered in group format 3 times per week for 8 weeks.

YogaBEHAVIORAL

1-hour yoga sessions administered in group format 3 times per week for 8 weeks

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * at least 18 years of age * HIV seropositive * current sleep disturbance * able to speak, read, and write in English * a phone number to maintain contact with research team * willing to provide copy of most recent CD4 and viral load values * willing to wear actigraph for 1 week per month for 3 months * willing to participate in group intervention sessions 3 times per week for 8 weeks Exclusion Criteria: * pregnancy * psychiatric diagnosis, such as schizophrenia, dementia, bipolar disorder (depression not excluded) * sleep disorder diagnosis, such as apnea or narcolepsy (insomnia not excluded) * current yoga practice

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

self-reported sleep disturbance

Time frame: 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

actigraphic estimates of sleep quality and quantity

Time frame: 8 weeks

self-reported well-being

Time frame: 8 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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