Effect of morning bright light treatment for rest-activity disruption in institutionalized patients with severe Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-236

  Dowling, Glenna A ^a   Hubbard, Erin M ^b   Mastick, Judy ^b   Luxenberg, Jay S ^c   Burr, Robert L ^d   Van Someren, Eus J W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Primary Care Research Center   (United States)

^c Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; NIGHT SLEEP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044510414     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610205001584     Document Type: Article

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