ACTRN12608000323325
Recruiting
Phase 2
Evaluating the effects of light therapy on fatigue and sleep disturbance in people with traumatic brain injury
Professor Jennie Ponsford0 sites75 target enrollmentJuly 14, 2008
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance in Traumatic Brain Injury
- Sponsor
- Professor Jennie Ponsford
- Enrollment
- 75
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Participants will have sustained a mild, moderate or severe traumatic brian injury; they will be between 17 and 60 years of age and have adequate English skills, cognitive ability, visual acuity and physical ability to complete the questionnaires and therapy tasks
- •Participants will also include non\-injured healthy controls.
Exclusion Criteria
- •They will have no history of previous head injury, neurological disorder, pre\-injury sleep disorder or chronic fatigue syndrome, which has required treatment. Those with pre\-injury psychiatric disorders or substance abuse requiring hospitalisation will also be exlcuded. They will be excluded if they need to undergo any surgery during the period of the study. They will have no obesity based on body mass index, have had no transmeridian travel across more than one time zone in the preceding 3 months, no nightshift work in the preceding 3 months, no current use of psychotropic medication and no illicit drug use. Participants will be exlcuded if they have experienced epileptic seizures following injury or are tkaing medication known to have a significant effect upon sleep or cause fatigue, such as benzodiazepines
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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