* Sleep disorders, especially insomnia * Attention deficits (or disorders), daytime somnolence and drug dependence * The goal is to evaluate whether light therapy could be used as an efficient alternative treatment with direct application in general practice
Insomnia affects 15 to 20% of the general French adult population and increases with age. General practitioners (GPs) are the first confronted to sleep disorders, especially insomnia. Cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT) have proven effective, but their implementation in everyday practice is limited, and alternative treatments are still needed. Light not only has a great influence on the sleep-wake cycle and alertness, but also on mood and cognitive functions. The administration time of light condition will be calculated for each individual in a modality that has no impact on the circadian phase. Study will be conduct on an outpatient basis in general practice
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
240
receive an active light using glasses of 1500 lux (an average of 180 photons/s/cm2, with a maximum wavelenght at 468 nm), 30-minute long light therapy in the morning, in a time period defined by sleep log and chronotype questionnaire, on a 4-week period
receive a placebo light using glasses (an average of n photons/s/cm2, single- band spectrum with a narrow peak at 660 nm under 50 lux), with the same modality as the experimental group
University of Nantes
Nantes, France
CHU Reims
Reims, France
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Difference of sleep efficiency between active and placebo light condition
ratio of total sleep time on total time in bed in measured with actimetry
Time frame: Before light therapy
Difference of sleep efficiency between active and placebo light condition
ratio of total sleep time on total time in bed measured with actimetry
Time frame: After 4 weeks of light therapy
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