Shift Work Type Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder Clinical Trial
— t-PBMOfficial title:
The Effectiveness of Using Low-level Light Therapy to Treat Sleep and Psychological Symptoms Among Shift-work Nurses:A Randomized-controlled Trial
The purpose of this study is to explore the treatment of Low Level Light Therapy(LLLT) mitigate possible insomnia and psychological symptoms, when nurses have taken shifts.The investigators hope that the goal of this interventional research is to improve sleep quality and psychological symptoms of shift nurses in order to promote health.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 160 |
Est. completion date | June 30, 2022 |
Est. primary completion date | June 30, 2022 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 22 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: 1. Registered nurses who consciously have insomnia and ISI>=9. 2. People who have clear consciousness, can understand and agree to participate in this research. 3. Registered nurses who have been on shifts in the past six months. 4. Have the same type of shift within the four weeks. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Those who have undergone head surgery. 2. Those who are pregnant. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Taiwan | Liao General Yung Hsuan | Taipei |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan | National Yang Ming University |
Taiwan,
Hamblin MR. Photobiomodulation or low-level laser therapy. J Biophotonics. 2016 Dec;9(11-12):1122-1124. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201670113. — View Citation
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Primary | psychological symptoms | use scale:Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21(DASS-21)measure psychological symptoms.There are a total of 21 questions on the scale, each with a score of 3 and a score of 0 to 63. The higher score mean a worse outcome,mean psychological symptoms are severe.The higher the score the more severe the symptoms, the lower the score the more minor. | 1 month,up to 4 weeks.measure every 1 week.Change from baseline DASS-21 at 1,2,3,4 weeks, a total of five times. | |
Secondary | sleep symptoms | use scale:Insomnia Severity Index(ISI) measure sleep symptoms.There are a total of 7 questions on the scale, each with a score of 4 and a score of 0 to 28. The higher score mean a worse outcome,mean sleep symptoms are severe.The study measure use ISI scale every 2 weeks | 1 month,up to 4 weeks.Change from baseline ISI at 2,4 weeks. | |
Secondary | instrument:Heart rate variability(HRV) | heart rhythm variability and autonomic nerves, so this study used this instrument as an objective data collection. | Measure three days a week, two time points (T0, T1) for each measurement, T0=baseline, and T1=after 30mins,24 times in both groups. |
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