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Light Treatment to Shift-working Nurses

NCT02978053 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2019-10-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project examines 1) the effects of appropriately timed bright light on adaptation (in terms of sleep and sleepiness) to three consecutive night shifts; and 2) the effects of such bright light on re-adaptation (in terms of sleep and sleepiness) to a day-oriented schedule after the night shift period.

Conditions

  • Shift-Work Sleep Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Bright light

Bright light for 30 minutes during night shifts (between 2 AM and 3 AM the first night, between 3 AM and 4 AM the second night, between 4 AM and 5 AM the third night).

BEHAVIORAL

Red light

Red light for 30 minutes during night shifts (between 2 AM and 3 AM the first night, between 3 AM and 4 AM the second night, between 4 AM and 5 AM the third night).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Bergen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bjørn Bjorvatn, MD, PhD · University of Bergen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-30
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2019-06-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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