CBT for insomnia in tinnitus-related insomnia: RCT

Record details

Authors: Marks E, et al.
Journal / source: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (2023)
Design: Three-arm RCT
Sample: 102
Primary endpoint: Insomnia Severity Index + sleep-diary measures (tinnitus distress was SECONDARY)
Randomized: Yes · Sham/placebo-controlled: No · Independent of the manufacturer: Yes

What this research found

More than 80% of CBT-I participants reported clinically meaningful insomnia improvement, vs 47% with audiology-based care and 20% in the sleep support group; tinnitus distress (secondary) also improved.

Effects sustained at 6 months. (Finer-grained ISI point-differences circulate but sit behind the paywall and could not be verified against the full text — the responder figures above are from the abstract.)

Limitations and conflicts of interest

Single-center; unblinded; tinnitus outcomes secondary.

Funding / conflicts: Academic (UCL/Barts).

Primary sources

Used as evidence for

CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I)

This is an original summary from the Tinnitus Evidence verified database, checked against the primary source — not a reproduction of the publisher's abstract.