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Effect of Bright Light Treatment On Elders In a Long Term Care Environment

NCT01042587 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2010-08-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that significant exposure to artificial morning bright light (approximately 200 lux of primarily blue light at eye level for thirty minutes daily) as compared to sham bright red light (placebo) will:

1. improve sleep quality
2. improve cognitive scores
3. improve depression scores
4. improve quality of life scores.

Conditions

  • Behavioral Responses to Bright Light Therapy in Elders

Interventions

OTHER

exposure to bright light

Elders will be engaged in an activity period which will focus their attention in the direction of bright light, thus ensuring viewing the light source for a daily exposure of thirty minutes.

OTHER

low luminosity red light

Low level red light should not entrain circadian rhythm and will serve as a placebo control

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Noel H Ballentine, MD · Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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