Sleepio

Sleepio
Founder(s) Colin Espie, Peter Hames
Industry Healthcare
Website Sleepio.com
Launched 2012

Sleepio is a digital sleep-improvement program featuring cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques developed by sleep scientist Professor Colin Espie and ex-insomniac Peter Hames.[1]

In a commentary on research published by The Lancet, Sleepio was described as “a proven intervention for sleep disorders using the internet”.[1] The journal Nature described Sleepio as “about as effective as CBT delivered in person”.[2]

History

In March 2013 Sleepio was one of the launch apps in the NHS-approved Healthy Apps Library.[3]

Sleepio was one of ten partners worldwide to launch on Jawbone’s UP self-tracking platform in April 2013,[4] allowing import of sleep data collected by the UP activity tracker into Sleepio. Integrated support is also available to users of the BodyMedia FIT band.[5]

How it works

The Sleepio program is delivered via the web and via mobile devices.[6] A virtual sleep expert, The Prof, guides the user through six interactive weekly sessions.[7]

The results of the CBT group show that Sleepio is comparable in effectiveness to face-to-face delivered cognitive behavioral therapy.[1]

Awards

In November 2013, Sleepio was the winning "Healthcare IT Product Innovation" as selected by a UK healthcare industry website, E-Health Insider.[8] The start-up was also a semi-finalist in the BIG Awards organised by Cisco Systems, Inc. in 2013.[9]

In April 2014, Sleepio won the Bupa Startup competition at Wired Health.[10]

In June 2014, the company behind the Sleepio program, Big Health, was chosen as the Best Health Startup at The Europas Awards, the annual event honoring the best tech startups in Europe.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mike Moore, “Looking for a good night’s sleep”, The Lancet, July 2012.
  2. ↑ Crow, J. M., “Insomnia: Chasing the dream”, Nature, May 2013.
  3. ↑ Jessica Hodgson, “U.K. Health Service Takes Closer Look at Apps’ Potential”, The Wall Street Journal, May 2013.
  4. ↑ Dante D’Orazio, “Jawbone launches an ecosystem for Up, lets other apps tap into your fitness data”, The Verge, April 2013.
  5. ↑ "BodyMedia Teams with Sleepio & A.R.O. to Support Sleep & Life Improvements" (Press release). 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  6. ↑ Espie, C. A., Hames P., McKinstry, B., “Use of digital (internet and mobile) media delivery of cognitive-behavioral insomnia therapy, “Sleep Medicine Clinics”, September 2013.
  7. ↑ Lynne Lamberg, “The Virtual Doctor Will See you Now”, Psychiatric News, August 17, 2012.
  8. ↑ “Mersey Burns App wins EHI Awards 2013”, EHI Mobile, October 2013.
  9. ↑ Caroline Baldwin, “Cisco announces BIG Awards startup semi-finalists”, Computer Weekly, August 2013.
  10. ↑ Liat Clark, "Insomnia app Sleepio wins startup competition at Wired Health", Wired, May 2014.
  11. ↑ "The Europas Awards - The Winners" (Press release). 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
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