Digital therapeutics company Big Health has announced a partnership with the University of Oxford for a new study evaluating Sleepio, an online program designed to improve sleep and mental health for stroke patients.
Preliminary data suggest more than 48% of patients who used the digital therapeutic experienced clinical improvements in sleep throughout post-stroke rehabilitation, as well as a decrease in depression and anxiety after 8 weeks.
Sleep disruption is common among stroke patients, and according to a 2019 study, nearly half of stroke survivors experience insomnia.
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