Sleepio
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| Founder(s) | Colin Espie, Peter Hames |
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| 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-insomnia sufferer Peter Hames.
Sleepio was tested in a randomized placebo-group clinical trial in 2012.[1] In a commentary on this research published by The Lancet, Sleepio was described as “a proven intervention for sleep disorders using the internet”.[2] The journal Nature described Sleepio as “about as effective as CBT delivered in person”.[3]
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History
Sleepio is the first program from Big Health, the behavioral medicine company co-founded by Professor Colin Espie and Peter Hames.[4] Sleepio’s advisors include Professor Sir Neil Douglas, Esther Dyson and Martha Lane Fox.
In March 2013 Sleepio was one of the launch apps in the NHS-approved Healthy Apps Library.[5]
Sleepio was one of ten partners worldwide to launch on Jawbone’s UP self-tracking platform in April 2013,[6] 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.[7]
How it works
The Sleepio program is delivered via the web and via mobile devices.[8] A virtual sleep expert, The Prof, guides the user through six interactive weekly sessions.[9] These sessions are automatically personalized to each user based on data collected from wearable devices, entered during an initial screening questionnaire and a daily sleep diary.[1]
The results of the CBT group show that Sleepio is comparable in effectiveness to face-to-face delivered cognitive behavioral therapy.[2]
Awards
In March 2013, Sleepio was a finalist in the Digital Innovation category at the NHS Innovation EXPO.[10]
In October 2013, Sleepio was named by The Observer as one of the stars of London’s Tech City.[11]
In November 2013, Sleepio was the winning "Healthcare IT Product Innovation" as selected by a UK healthcare industry website, E-Health Insider.[12] The start-up was also a semi-finalist in the BIG Awards organised by Cisco Systems, Inc. in 2013.[13]
In April 2014, Sleepio won the Bupa Startup competition at Wired Health.[14]
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.[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colin A. Espie, Simon D. Kyle, Chris Williams, Jason C. Ong, Neil J. Douglas, Peter Hames, June S. L. Brown, “A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of online cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic insomnia disorder delivered via an automated media-rich web application”, Sleep, June 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mike Moore, “Looking for a good night’s sleep”, The Lancet, July 2012.
- ↑ Crow, J. M., “Insomnia: Chasing the dream”, Nature, May 2013.
- ↑ Ana Lazowski, “Sleepio navigates what’s keeping you up at night”, CBC News, March 2014.
- ↑ Jessica Hodgson, “U.K. Health Service Takes Closer Look at Apps’ Potential”, The Wall Street Journal, May 2013.
- ↑ Dante D’Orazio, “Jawbone launches an ecosystem for Up, lets other apps tap into your fitness data”, The Verge, April 2013.
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Lynne Lamberg, “The Virtual Doctor Will See you Now”, Psychiatric News, August 17, 2012.
- ↑ Stephen Adams, “Inside the healthcare ‘Dragons’ Den’”, The Telegraph, March 2013.
- ↑ “Meet the stars of Tech City”, The Guardian, October 2013.
- ↑ “Mersey Burns App wins EHI Awards 2013”, EHI Mobile, October 2013.
- ↑ Caroline Baldwin, “Cisco announces BIG Awards startup semi-finalists”, Computer Weekly, August 2013.
- ↑ Liat Clark, "Insomnia app Sleepio wins startup competition at Wired Health", Wired, May 2014.
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