Re: Health Alert: OASIS sleep study treatment for insomnia

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Hi a, I read the OASIS sleep study article with interest and will give

the number a call to see if I can learn anything more about the study.

Thanks for the info..marge

[ ] Health Alert: OASIS sleep study treatment for insomnia

> Health Alert: OASIS sleep study treatment for insomnia

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> (Columbia) Sept. 26, 2002 - Part of Edna Unander's sleep routine is

> listening to a relaxation tape.

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> Unander,74, says getting a good nights sleep used to be impossible. That's

> because she suffered from insomnia for more than10 years, " I would wake up

> feeling tired before I started the day and I do not like that because I am

> active. " Unander is not the only one to suffer from insomnia according to

> psychologists.

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> Rush Presbyterian psychologist Bruce Rybarczyk says about a third of older

> adults have trouble sleeping. He adds it doesn't have to be a problem,

" You

> can train people to re-program their sleep to get back to where it was 20

> years ago. " Rybarczyk is doing just that through the older adult sleep

> improvement study program or OASIS.

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> OASIS is a six week home sleep program that doesn't involve any

medication.

> Before starting the program, a patient's sleep is monitored at home and

> analyzed. The study involves educating people about sleep and monitoring

> sleep habits with a journal. A patient's sleep schedule is also changed.

> Rybarczyk says, " We changed their sleep schedule, make it consistent and

put

> them in bed for a much shorter period of time. We also give them a series

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> behaviors to engage in when they can't fall asleep. " Patients also use

> relaxation tapes.

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> To take part in the oasis study, a patient must be 55 or older and have a

> chronic medical condition like coronary artery disease, lung disease or

> arthritis. Rybarczyk says people with these medical conditions have the

most

> trouble with sleeping, " Those three groups show an inordinate number of

> sleep problems. "

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> It's been a couple of months since Unander started the program, but says

she

> can already see a difference, " It has changed my life. I wake up in the

> morning anxious to start the day with an alert feeling. I'm not a victim

of

> insomnia anymore. "

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> The OASIS sleep study is funded by the National Institute on Aging. For

more

> information, call 1-866-55-OASIS. The study is free.

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