Sleep to Activate Mood Promotion

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Depression, Sleep Quality

In brief

The investigators are aiming to examine the acceptability and feasibility of a portable bright light therapy instrument to improve sleep disturbance in a preventive intervention for depression. The investigators will conduct an intervention that trials the use of bright light glasses called "re-timers" as a preventive intervention in older adults with sleep disturbance and subsyndromal symptoms of depression.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02413294

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

12

Starts

2015-04-01

Expected to finish

2016-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-07

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 65 years of age or older
• 6 or greater on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
• A score of 5 to 9 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Depression Scale

You may not qualify if…

• Active suicidal ideation
• Presence of mania or bipolar disorder
• Presence of an eye disease
• Prescription of a photosensitizing medication
• Having previously had eye surgery

Where it is running

• University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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