Sleep to Activate Mood Promotion
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Depression |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 65 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | April 2015 |
| End Date: | March 2016 |
Sleep to Activate Mood Promotion- Intervention
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.
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.
Inclusion Criteria:
- 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
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active suicidal ideation
- Presence of mania or bipolar disorder
- Presence of an eye disease
- Prescription of a photosensitizing medication
- Having previously had eye surgery
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