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Bright Light Intervention to Reduce Students' Stress

NCT04900675 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 125

Last updated 2025-06-26

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Summary

Increased stress levels are a significant problem for many students and represent a risk factor for impaired mental and physical health as well as academic performance. Stress levels are particularly high during the preparation phase for major exams.

There is good evidence that light therapy is an effective treatment option to improve mood in affective disorders.

The present study aims at investigating the psychophysiological effects of a 3-week morning bright light exposure in reducing stress and stress-related problems in students preparing for major exams.

Conditions

  • Psychological Stress
  • Physiological Stress
  • Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm

Interventions

OTHER

Bright light intervention

Exposure with 5,000 lux at eye level for one hour and a Correlated Color Temperature of 5,300 Kelvin every morning for three weeks.

OTHER

Reddish placebo light

Exposure with 50 lux at eye level for one hour and a Correlated Color Temperature of 2,200 Kelvin every morning for three weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bartenbach GmbH

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Universitaet Innsbruck

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Markus Canazei, PhD · University of Innsbruck

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-01
Primary Completion
2024-03-31
Completion
2024-10-31

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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