Effect of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation on Sleep Disorder and Anxiety in Elderly Population
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Sleep quality
研究概览
简要总结
Sleep disorders and anxiety are complicated disorders affecting population especially elderly population, therefore treating these disorders will have positive impact on population production and quality of life.
详细描述
Alternating current cranial stimulation will improve brain waves frequency so that will have positive effect on sleep disorders and anxiety on elderly population.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •healthy elderly adult aged more than 60 years old, both sex, and suffering from insomnia and sleep disorders
排除标准
- •neurological and vascular diseases.
研究组 & 干预措施
Experimental
Transcranial alternating current stimulation activating brain alpha wave
干预措施: Transcranial alternating current stimulation with two electrodes placed on scalp (Other)
control
Transcranial alternating current stimulation will not be turned on
干预措施: Transcranial alternating current stimulation with two electrodes placed on scalp (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Sleep quality
时间窗: before treatment and after 12 weeks
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) will be used for sleep quality assessment Higher scores indicate poorer sleep quality, with a score greater than 5 suggesting significant sleep difficulties
次要结局
- Anxiety(before treatment and after 12 weeks of treatment)
研究者
Salah Eid Ahmed Ali
Assistant Lecturer
Cairo University