Improving Sleep in Veterans With TBI
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury
In brief
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability in the Veteran population, often resulting in chronic pain and sleep disturbances, among other issues. Extensive rehabilitative efforts are usually required and often prevent return to the workforce and community. Disturbed sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness are among the most pervasive and enduring problems after TBI, which the investigators hypothesize is a significant contributor to these functional impairments and an impediment toward rehabilitation. Thus, this research aims to enhance sleep quality as a means to reduce pain and improve quality of life and functional outcome measures in Veterans with TBI. The investigators predict that the proposed intervention, morning bright light therapy, if found effective, will be cost-effective, rapidly deployable, and highly accepted by Veterans with TBI.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03785600
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 77
- Starts
- 2019-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2024-09-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-09-22
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Veteran
- Medical record-confirmed diagnosis of mTBI
- Current self-reported sleep-wake disturbances
- defined by clinically abnormal Insomnia Severity Index and/or Functional Outcomes of Sleep scores
- Moderate to severe pain
- defined as a score of 4 on an 11-point scale94) persisting for longer than 6 months
- English speaking with phone access
You may not qualify if…
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Decisional impairment and/or dementia
- Current usage of a lightbox or negative ion generator
- Shift work
- History of macular degeneration and/or bipolar disorder
- Evidence for suicidal ideation
- Cancer diagnosis within the past 6 months
- Surgery within the past 6-12 months
- Substance abuse within the past 6-12 months
Where it is running
- VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR — Portland, Oregon, United States
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