Yale Sleep Medicine Seminar 2021-2022 “Joint Yale-Harvard-Tufts Sleep Conference Sustained Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Chronic Heart Failure”

Event time: 
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - 2:00pm
Event description: 

Yale Sleep Medicine Seminar 

Presented by: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine 

Joint Yale-Harvard-Tufts Sleep Conference 

Sustained Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Chronic Heart Failure 

12/8/2021 2:00 PM − 3:00 PM EST | Online 

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There is a need to improve understanding of the role of insomnia and insomnia treatment in people with heart failure, of whom about 50% have insomnia that often goes untreated. Insomnia may contribute to exacerbation of heart failure, daytime symptoms, and poor functional performance, as well as increased health care resource utilization.

Here is the link to the paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34657160/

Keynote Speaker:

Nancy Redeker, RN, MSN, PhD

Beatrice Renfield Professor of Nursing and Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary
Director, Center for Biobehavioral Health Research Yale School of Nursing

Host: Andrey Zinchuk, MD

Program Goal:

  1. Identify the prevalence of insomnia and its contributions to symptoms and function among people with chronic heart failure

  2. Explain the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on symptoms and functional performance among people with heart failure

  3. Discuss strategies to support increased access to CBT-I for people with heart failure

For questions, email deborah.lovejoy@yale.edu
For information to register, email yalesleep.medicineseminar@yale.edu

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