A randomized study on the effect of a wearable device using 0.75 Hz transcranial electrical stimulation on sleep onset insomnia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The normal transition to sleep is characterized by a reduction in higher frequency activity and an increase in lower frequency activity in frontal brain regions. In sleep onset insomnia these changes in activity are weaker and may prolong the transition to sleep.

Methods

Using a wearable device, we compared 30min of short duration repetitive transcranial electric stimulation (SDR-tES) at 0.75Hz, prior to going to bed, with an active control at 25Hz in the same individuals.

Results

Treatment with 0.75Hz significantly reduced sleep onset latency (SOL) by 53% when compared with pre-treatment baselines and was also significantly more effective than stimulation with 25Hz which reduced SOL by 30%. Reductions in SOL with 25Hz stimulation displayed order effects

SUBMITTER: Simons SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11537953 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature