About this trial
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of aerobic exercise versus digital CBT-I in university students with insomnia complaints. This is a clinical trial. Participants will be randomized into two groups: aerobic exercise (n=25) and digital CBT-I (n=25). The severity of insomnia, sleep quality, pre-sleep cognitive and somatic arousal, and participants' complaints of depression, anxiety, and stress will be assessed using self-administered questionnaires. Based on previous studies describing the effects of physical exercise on chronic insomnia, the hypothesis of this study is that aerobic exercise promotes similar results compared to digital CBT-I in insomnia severity and sleep quality, in addition to improving the complaints of depression, anxiety and stress of the participants.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
ages ≥ 18 years old
insomnia severity index score >8
be physically inactive according to the IPAQ questionnaire
Disqualifiers
non-adherence to intervention protocols
absence or incomplete answers in the questionnaires/evaluation methods of the study
shift workers
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Aerobic Exercise
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia