Evaluating the Validity and Acceptability of a Fully-automated Interview to Diagnose Insomnia Disorder: a Pilot Study

Evaluating the Validity and Acceptability of a Fully-automated Interview to Diagnose Insomnia Disorder: a Pilot Study

Objective: to evaluate if a fully-automated diagnostic interview for insomnia disorder is suitable for clinical and research purposes (adequate sensitivity and specificity) and is acceptable to patients.

Study main outcomes:

1. Concurrent validity (sensitivity and specificity) compared to a gold standard. Gold standard: clinical diagnosis of a clinician using a validated structured clinical interview for the DSM 5 criteria of insomnia disorder
2. Acceptability of the fully-automated interview.

Participants:

Volunteers to undergo the clinical and the automated interview will be recruited through non-probability convenience sampling from patients attending the sleep clinic at Bordeaux University Hospital between May 2023 and July 2023.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 18 years or older
• Being able to communicate and read in French
• Previous use a mobile phone

Exclusion Criteria:

• N/A