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Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:420-423, May 2005
© 2005 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Brief Report

Bright-Light Treatment Reduces Actigraphic-Measured Daytime Sleep in Nursing Home Patients With Dementia

A Pilot Study

Arne Fetveit, M.D., M.P.H., and Bjørn Bjorvatn, M.D., Ph.D.

Received March 16, 2004; revised May 7, May 17, 2004; accepted May 19, 2004. From the Dept. of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Section for General Practice, Univ. of Bergen, Norway (AF, BB) and Locus on Neuroscience, University of Bergen, Norway (BB). Send correspondence and reprint requests to Arne Fetveit, M.D., Dept. of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Kalfarveien 31, 5018 Bergen, Norway. e-mail: Arne.Fetveit{at}isf.uib.no
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Objective: The authors evaluated the effects of bright-light therapy on daytime sleep among nursing home patients with dementia. Methods: Eleven patients with sleep/wake disturbances received 2 hours/day of morning bright-light exposure for 2 weeks. Sleep was measured with actigraphy and nursing staff diaries. Results: Daytime sleep decreased significantly in the period from rising time to 3:00 P.M. with bright-light treatment. Treatment effects did not last into the 16-week post-treatment period. Conclusions: Bright light exposure was effective in reducing daytime sleep in nursing home patients with dementia; this finding is possibly related to bright light’s acute alerting effects.

Key Words: Sleep Disorders • Bright-Light Treatment • Dementia • Nursing Home Patients




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