FastAsleep på enkel engelska: en förstudie om att nå ut digitalt med kognitiv beteendeterapi för insomni till personer med annan språkbakgrund än svenska.
(2024) PTPN06 20241Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Sleep problems are common in Sweden and insomnia is the most common diagnosis among sleep disorders. International guidelines recommend Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) as first line treatment for insomnia. Access to treatment is limited and individuals with a mother tongue other than Swedish have less access to psychological treatment in general. Digital therapeutic interventions can increase access to equitable care because of their scalability and because they can be easily culturally adapted to ethnic minorities. FastAsleep is a digital self-help tool for treating insomnia based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). This essay is a preparatory work for a study at the Karolinska Institute where the intention is to test... (More)
- Sleep problems are common in Sweden and insomnia is the most common diagnosis among sleep disorders. International guidelines recommend Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) as first line treatment for insomnia. Access to treatment is limited and individuals with a mother tongue other than Swedish have less access to psychological treatment in general. Digital therapeutic interventions can increase access to equitable care because of their scalability and because they can be easily culturally adapted to ethnic minorities. FastAsleep is a digital self-help tool for treating insomnia based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). This essay is a preparatory work for a study at the Karolinska Institute where the intention is to test FastAsleep on adults living in Sweden with a mother tongue other than Swedish. In the essay, we have conducted interviews with nine stakeholders who encounter ethnic minorities or themselves belong to one. We have analyzed their answers in a thematic analysis based on the question which themes we can see in the answers from stakeholders about how digital therapeutic interventions can be adapted to reach out to and be helpful to people with a language background other than Swedish. In the analysis, we arrive at three overarching themes that need to be considered to reach and offer digital therapeutic treatment for insomnia to ethnic minorities. These themes are that a cultural understanding is necessary, that insomnia is to be understood individually and contextually and that digital interventions need to be adapted to ensure accessibility. Based on these themes, we discuss opportunities and difficulties with digital self-help programs like FastAsleep when these are aimed at individuals with a mother tongue other than Swedish. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Sömnproblem är vanliga i Sverige och insomni är den vanligaste diagnosen vid sömnproblematik. Många med insomni önskar behandling. Internationella riktlinjer rekommenderar Kognitiv beteendeterapi för insomni (KBT-I) som förstahandsval vid insomni. Individer med annat modersmål än svenska har sämre tillgång till psykologisk behandling. Digitala terapeutiska interventioner i egenvårdsformat kan öka tillgången till jämlik vård på grund av deras skalbarhet och eftersom de kan anpassas kulturellt till etniska minoriteter. FastAsleep är ett kortfattat digitalt självhjälpsverktyg för att behandla insomni som bygger på Kognitiv beteendeterapi (KBT). Denna uppsats utgör ett förarbete till en studie vid Karolinska institutet där man ämnar testa... (More)
- Sömnproblem är vanliga i Sverige och insomni är den vanligaste diagnosen vid sömnproblematik. Många med insomni önskar behandling. Internationella riktlinjer rekommenderar Kognitiv beteendeterapi för insomni (KBT-I) som förstahandsval vid insomni. Individer med annat modersmål än svenska har sämre tillgång till psykologisk behandling. Digitala terapeutiska interventioner i egenvårdsformat kan öka tillgången till jämlik vård på grund av deras skalbarhet och eftersom de kan anpassas kulturellt till etniska minoriteter. FastAsleep är ett kortfattat digitalt självhjälpsverktyg för att behandla insomni som bygger på Kognitiv beteendeterapi (KBT). Denna uppsats utgör ett förarbete till en studie vid Karolinska institutet där man ämnar testa FastAsleep på vuxna boendes i Sverige med annat modersmål än svenska. I uppsatsen har vi genomfört intervjuer med nio intressenter som kommer i kontakt eller själva tillhör en etnisk minoritet. Deras svar har vi analyserat i en tematisk analys utifrån frågeställningen vilka teman vi kan se i svaren från intressenter om hur digitala terapeutiska interventioner kan anpassas för att nå ut till och vara hjälpsamma för personer med annan språkbakgrund än svenska. I analysen kommer vi fram till tre övergripande teman som behöver beaktas för att nå och erbjuda digital terapeutisk behandling för insomni till etniska minoriteter. Dessa teman är att det behövs en kulturell förståelse, att insomni är individuell och kontextuell och att digitala interventioner behöver anpassas för att de ska leda till ökad tillgänglighet. Utifrån dessa teman diskuterar vi möjligheter och svårigheter med digitala självhjälpsprogram likt FastAsleep, när dessa riktar sig till individer med annat modersmål än svenska. (Less)
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- Gentz, Lovisa LU and Rygler, Gith LU
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- PTPN06 20241
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- 2024
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- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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- Swedish
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{FastAsleep på enkel engelska: en förstudie om att nå ut digitalt med kognitiv beteendeterapi för insomni till personer med annan språkbakgrund än svenska.}},
year = {{2024}},
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