Determining How Indoor Lighting Affects the Brain Health of Older Adults

Summary

The goal of this randomized, cross-over, single-site trial followed by an exploratory third intervention is to understand how indoor lighting affects different measures of brain health in older adults living in independent living residences. This is a community based study occurring in a local senior living facility. The main question this study aims to answer is:

\- How does the quality of ambient indoor lighting an older adult is exposed to affect measures of brain health, such as sleep quality, physical activity, cognitive function, and social engagement?

Participants will be exposed to three different indoor lighting conditions for 4 weeks each while performing the following tasks:

* Wear a smartwatch throughout the study to measure sleep quality and physical activity
* Wear a small, wearable light sensor to measure light exposure during waking hours
* Perform cognitive assessments throughout the study to detect any changes between each of the lighting conditions
* Complete self-report of surveys to assess independence, social engagement, sleep quality, and mood

Results from these tasks will be compared within and between subjects to assess whether the different lighting conditions affect these different measures of brain health.

Conditions

• Sleep
• Physical Activity
• Cognitive Function
• Social Isolation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Static Lighting Condition (L1)

This indoor lighting condition keeps a constant brightness and correlated color temperature.

BEHAVIORAL

Dynamic Lighting Condition (L2)

This indoor lighting condition has increased brightness and more blue correlated color temperature in the morning hours followed by decreased brightness and less blue correlated color temperature in the afternoon and evening hours.

BEHAVIORAL

Dynamic Lighting Condition (L3)

This exploratory indoor lighting condition matches the same pattern as L2 except the brightness in the morning hours is increased.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mayo Clinic

  collaborator OTHER

• Well Living Lab, Inc.

  lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

60 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-05-15

Primary Completion

2023-12-31

Completion

2023-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations