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The Effects of Sensory Stimulative Activities on Sleep Performance in Elderly Adults: A Single-case Design

NCT04170049 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2019-11-26

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Summary

Older adults have a high prevalence of sleep disturbances, which negatively and severely impact their health and quality of life. Research indicated that 43% elderly outpatients in Taiwan have used benzodiazepine, which collectively led to great medical expenditure. Non-pharmacological treatments are highly recommended as first priority for sleep disturbance in practice. Music interventions have been reported to modulate the sympathetic nervous system and to improve the elderly's sleeping performance. Proprioceptive interventions can also activate the parasympathetic nervous system, providing calming effects and significantly reducing anxiety, hyperactivity and agitation in various populations. However, the effects of these intervention on the sleep disturbances in the elderly remain unclear. The research purpose is to investigate the effects of two sensory activities that are easily executed in everyday life - auditory (e.g. listening to the music before sleeping) and proprioceptive (e.g. joint compression exercises) interventions on improving the sleep performance of the elderly. Subjective sleeping quality assessment (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index \& Insomnia Severity Index) and objective physiological records measured by actigraphy are used as outcome measures.

Conditions

  • Sleep Disturbance

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sensory Stimulative Activitiy ( proprioceptive intervention, music intervention )

Music intervention: Listening to soft music was found to be an effective method of relaxation, as indicated by a shift of the autonomic balance toward parasympathetic activity. Participants listen to preferred soft music for 30 minutes before sleeping. Proprioceptive intervention: The proprioceptive intervention can activate the parasympathetic nervous system through pathways of the central nervous system, providing calming effects that significantly reduce anxiety, hyperactivity and agitation in various populations.Participants do 10-minute joint compression exercise three times per day by themselves.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-01
Primary Completion
2020-05-06
Completion
2022-04-01

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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