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The Nightlight Falls Prevention Study

NCT05973448 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 335

Last updated 2026-04-21

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Summary

This project will test the effectiveness of a novel intervention consisting of unobtrusive, low-intensity, horizontal and vertical lights that outline the bathroom or entry way doorframe in residents' rooms and provide visual cues to promote postural stability. Specifically, this pragmatic crossover trial will enroll 335 assisted living residents with dementia and follow them for one year, comparing the incidence of nighttime falls during the lighting condition to the incidence of falls during the control condition; secondarily, it will determine whether and to what extent the intervention effect is modified by resident- and environmental-level risk factors, and satisfaction with the lighting system.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Novel Lighting Condition

Horizontal and vertical lights over a doorway visible from the bed

OTHER

Control Lighting Condition

Standard night light plugged into wall socket

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-28
Primary Completion
2027-12-31
Completion
2027-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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