Stellar Sleep, the First Digital Solution for Chronic Insomnia, Adds New Integrations with Fitbit, Oura Ring and Apple Health and Doubles Daily Programming to Help People End Their Sleeplessness
23 Abril 2024 - 9:00AM
Stellar Sleep, which provides the first digital solution for
chronic insomnia management, announced today that it has
significantly upgraded the app with new features intended to help
users more easily track their sleep and access content that will
help improve their quantity and quality of sleep.
More than 25 million Americans suffer from chronic insomnia -
meaning sleep problems 3+ nights a week for 3+ months. For people
suffering from chronic insomnia, superficial care advice (e.g.,
cutting coffee, reducing screen time, meditation, etc.) is not
enough. Their insomnia is driven by deeper psychological challenges
like unresolved anxiety, burnout or depression. The most effective
treatment for chronic insomnia is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for
Insomnia (CBT-I), which addresses the root cause of insomnia and
helps the patient re-learn how to sleep well again.
Unfortunately, this type of therapy is inaccessible to most
people: wait times for sleep therapists often exceed 12 months and
insurance coverage is spotty, forcing patients to pay out of pocket
for sessions that can cost thousands of dollars. There are only
about 700 trained sleep therapists in the world, about 600 of whom
are in the U.S.Stellar Sleep co-founder George Wang suffered from
chronic insomnia for years before pursuing treatment in 2021.
Facing long wait times for help, out of desperation he became
certified in sleep therapy to treat his own condition. It worked,
and he then teamed up with close friend Edrei Chua to build an app
incorporating the principles of CBT-I to increase access to
treatment for chronic insomnia.
The Stellar Sleep app helps users break the insomnia cycle using
a proven, psychology-based methodology, and a clinical assessment
of 500 users found to be 50 percent more effective than sleeping
pills. A recent analysis of Stellar Sleep user data found that most
saw a significant improvement in their sleep within 5 weeks.
Launched in 2023, Stellar Sleep has helped more than 10,000 people
make good sleep normal again.
New April 2024 additions to Stellar Sleep include:
- Expanding our highest-impact, sleep-focused daily
programming from 5 weeks up to 10 weeks: A unique feature
of Stellar Sleep is that it provides Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(CBT) in the form of a structured daily guided program, along with
content on demand. Each day’s content module builds across the
course of the program to help users learn to sleep well again.
Daily programming is one of Stellar Sleep’s most popular features,
and expanding it was the top request from existing users who found
the action-oriented approach of completing each day’s modules
helpful in building consistency and new habits.
- New app features including:
- The ability to bookmark favorite lessons,
making it easy for users to return to the most helpful content as
needed.
- A redesigned sleep center to streamline daily
entries into the sleep log, a more interactive sleep journal, and a
dashboard to view all sleep data.
- 1000+ minutes of new on-demand content in the
Stellar Sleep library, including meditation, sleep music, bedtime
stories and breathing exercises.
- New native integrations with Fitbit and Oura Ring, plus
many other smart devices via Apple Health.
“I know from personal experience what a devastating impact
chronic insomnia can have on a person,” said Wang. “Poor sleep
permeates every facet of your life. Stellar Sleep is the app I wish
I had three years ago. We’re excited to release these upgraded
features, which we think will help expand our impact and help more
people get better sleep.”
Take a free sleep quiz and sign up for a one-week trial at
stellarsleep.com.
About Stellar SleepStellar Sleep offers the
first digital solution for chronic insomnia management. 25 million
Americans suffer from chronic insomnia, defined as sleep problems
3+ nights a week for 3+ months. Superficial approaches such as
meditation or melatonin don’t help with chronic insomnia, which is
typically rooted in deeper psychological challenges. Stellar Sleep
was founded by two chronic insomnia sufferers who grew frustrated
with the lack of resources available to address their condition.
The app is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and in a
clinical assessment of 500 users, Stellar Sleep was 50 percent more
effective than sleeping pills. Subscriptions start at $60/month and
are FSA/HSA eligible. Learn more at stellarsleep.com.
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