Bright light therapy as part of a multicomponent management program improves sleep and functional outcomes in delirious older hospitalized adults

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 565-572

  Chong, Mei Sian ^a   Tan, Keng Teng ^a   Tay, Laura ^a   Wong, Yoke Moi ^a   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^b,c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health (CESAMH)   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Elderly; Function; Sleep

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY; CHINESE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM RATING SCORE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC MONITORING UNIT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MODIFIED BARTHEL INDEX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

DELIRIUM; ELDERLY; FUNCTION; SLEEP;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84878204459     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S44926     Document Type: Article

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