Researchers from Utrecht University, the University of Amsterdam and TU Delft have developed an app that helps users learn to sleep better.

The goal of this virtual coach is to help people who suffer from chronic insomnia comply with their recommended course of treatment. The coaching process with the app is comparable to personal coaching using Whatsapp.

There are many different ways to support insomnia treatments with technology, such as apps that measure your sleep or smart alarm clocks that wake you at the right time. However, such technology-supported sleep training programmes are completed by only half of the people with sleeping problems. Researchers from Utrecht University, the University of Amsterdam and TU Delft recently revealed in the Journal of Medical Internet Research that the effectiveness of insomnia treatments is related to therapy compliance. In order to increase the effectiveness of sleep training, the researchers developed an interactive virtual coach, the SleepCare app.

SLEEPCARE: The app is currently available for Android phones.