Pilot Study to Examine Health Effects of Daylight Exposure on Dementia Patients

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Dementia, Depression, Behavior Disorders

In brief

This study is designed to test the hypothesis that an intervention increasing exposure to daylight indoors will reduce depression and other neuropsychiatric symptoms among people living with dementia in long term care facilities.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03483896

Run by

University of Southern California

People needed

83

Starts

2017-01-30

Expected to finish

2017-06-05

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-29

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Residents were recruited according to the trial inclusion criteria: 1) Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) diagnosis, 2) no physical co-morbidities that precluded participation in the daily group intervention, and 3) a Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score of 10 or higher

You may not qualify if…

• physical co-morbidities that precluded participation in the daily group intervention

Where it is running

• Alhambra Dementia Care — Alhambra, California, United States
• Sierra Vista Memory Care Community — Azusa, California, United States
• Calabasas Memory Care Community — Calabasas, California, United States
• Costa Mesa Dementia Care — Costa Mesa, California, United States
• Los Angeles Dementia Care (Beverly Place) — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Redondo Beach Dementia Care (Beach Cities) — Redondo Beach, California, United States
• San Juan Capistrano Memory Care Community — San Juan Capistrano, California, United States
• Tustin Hacienda Memory Care Community — Tustin, California, United States

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