Increasing walking and bright light exposure to improve sleep in community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease: results of a randomized, controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test the effects of walking, light exposure, and a combination intervention (walking, light, and sleep education) on the sleep of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Design

Randomized, controlled trial with blinded assessors.

Setting

Independent community living.

Participants

One hundred thirty-two people with AD and their in-home caregivers.

Interventions

Participants were randomly assigned to one of three active treatments (walking, light, combination treatment) or contact control and received three or six in-home visits.

Measurements

Primary outcomes were participant total wake time based on wrist actigraphy and caregiver ratings of participant sleep quality on the Sleep Disorders Inventory (SDI). Secondary sleep outcomes inclu

SUBMITTER: McCurry SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3158242 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature