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A new artificial intelligence sleep app has been developed that could update sleeping pills for other people with insomnia.
Sleepio uses a set of AI rules to provide Americans with adapted cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia (CBT-I).
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said this would save the NHS money and prescriptions for drugs such as zolpidem and zopiclone, which can be addictive.
Their economic research found that health care prices fell after a year of Sleepio, primarily due to a reduction in the number of GP appointments and prescription sleeping pills.
The app offers a six-week virtual self-help program that includes a sleep test, weekly interactive CBT-I sessions, and a sleep pattern diary.
Sessions focus on identifying the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that contribute to insomnia symptoms. Cognitive interventions target the way a user thinks about sleep and behavioral interventions aim to promote a healthy sleep routine.
Nice predicts that up to 800,000 more people could benefit from Sleepio in England.
Reducing the use of addictive drugs
The program is designed to be completed in six weeks, but other people have completed the program for 12 months since registration.
This allows other people to finish sessions at their own pace and review them. Participants can also access articles from the e-library, online equipment, and sign up for Sleepio’s online user network for help.
A sleep diary helps users track their progress, and the program tailors recommendations to people. Users can complete the registration manually or the knowledge can be automatically downloaded from a compatible portable tracking device, such as an Apple Watch or Fitbit.
The clinic presented to Nice’s Medical Technology Advisory Committee of 12 randomized controlled trials showed that Sleepio is more effective at reducing insomnia than sleep hygiene and sleeping pills.
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Jeanette Kusel, acting director of MedTech and Digital in Nice, said that so far, patients have been introduced to sleeping pills and informed about sleep hygiene.
She said a “rigorous, transparent and evidence-based analysis” found that Sleepio had stockpiled NHS cash and reduced reliance on addictive drugs used to treat the disease.
“This is a clever example of where the virtual fitness generation can the NHS.
“Evidence has shown that Sleepio reduces the number of GP appointments for other people with insomnia and will also decrease the number of prescriptions for sleeping pills dispensed through pharmacists. “
The price of Sleepio is £45 (excluding VAT) in line with it.
The independent committee in Nice advised that a medical evaluation be carried out before referring sleepio’s pregnancy and other people suffering from various conditions.
It also conducted more studies or collected knowledge to show the efficacy of Sleepio compared to face-to-face CBT-I.