Editing Insomnia (section)

==== Sleep Hygiene ====

[[Sleep hygiene]] is a common term for all of the behaviors that relate to the promotion of good sleep. They include habits that provide a good foundation for sleep and help to prevent insomnia. However, sleep hygiene alone may not be adequate to address chronic insomnia. Sleep hygiene recommendations are typically included as one component of [[cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia]] (CBT-I).<ref name="Schutte-Rodin" /><ref name="AC2016" /> Recommendations include reducing caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol consumption, maximizing the regularity and efficiency of sleep episodes, minimizing medication usage and daytime napping, the promotion of regular exercise, and the facilitation of a positive sleep environment.<ref name="Ellis_2002">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ellis J, Hampson SE, Cropley M |title=Sleep hygiene or compensatory sleep practices: An examination of behaviours affecting sleep in older adults |journal=Psychology, Health & Medicine |date=May 2002 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=156–161 |doi=10.1080/13548500120116094 |s2cid=143141307 }}</ref> The creation of a positive sleep environment may also help reduce the symptoms of insomnia.<ref name="Insomnia">{{cite web |url= https://www.lecturio.com/concepts/insomnia/ |title= Insomnia |website= The Lecturio Medical Concept Library |access-date= 2021-06-24 |archive-date= 2021-06-24 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210624220727/https://www.lecturio.com/concepts/insomnia/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
On the other hand, a systematic review by the AASM concluded that clinicians should not prescribe sleep hygiene for insomnia due to the evidence of absence of its efficacy and potential delaying of adequate treatment, recommending instead that effective therapies such as CBT-i should be preferred.<ref name="Behavioral and psychological treatm"/>