Home-based light therapy for fatigue following acquired brain injury: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Fatigue and sleep disturbance are debilitating problems following brain injury and there are no established treatments. Building on demonstrated efficacy of blue light delivered via a lightbox in reducing fatigue and daytime sleepiness after TBI, this study evaluated the efficacy of a novel in-home light intervention in alleviating fatigue, sleep disturbance, daytime sleepiness and depressive symptoms, and in improving psychomotor vigilance and participation in daily productive activity, following injury METHODS: The impact of exposure to a dynamic light intervention (Treatment) was compared to usual lighting (Control) in a randomized within-subject, crossover trial. Outcomes were fatigue (primary outcome), daytime sleepiness, sleep disturbance, insomnia s

SUBMITTER: Connolly LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8256500 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature