Brief morning light treatment for sleep/wake disturbances in older memory-impaired individuals and their caregivers

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 546-549

  Friedman, Leah ^a,b   Spira, Adam P ^b,d   Hernandez, Beatriz ^a,b   Mather, Christina ^a   Sheikh, Javaid ^a,b,e   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^c   Yesavage, Jerome A ^a,b   Zeitzer, Jamie M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Caregiver; Circadian; Clinical trial; Light; Phototherapy; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 84859511857     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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