Effect of light treatment on sleep and circadian rhythms in demented nursing home patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 282-289

  Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^a,c   Martin, Jennifer L ^d   Kripke, Daniel F ^a   Marler, Matthew ^a,c   Klauber, Melville R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Dementia; Light; Nursing home; Older; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NIGHT SLEEP; NURSING HOME; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PHOTOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 0036169018     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50060.x     Document Type: Article

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