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SmartEnLite for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

SmartEnLite: A Smart Environmental Lighting Intervention to Improve Behaviors and Sleep for Nursing Home Residents Living With Dementia

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
55 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Time periods mentioned: 13 weeks, 4 weeks
  • Procedures mentioned: Wearing a device

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Participants will: * Participate in the study for 13 weeks with SmartEnLite for 4 weeks and their usual light. * Wear a sensor for 13 weeks to measure their sleep and light exposure. * Be observed for mood, behaviors, and reactions to the lights every other week."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether Smart Environmental Lighting (SmartEnLite) can improve mood, behavior, and sleep compared with usual nursing home lighting. It is for nursing home residents age 55 or older with dementia. The study lasts 13 weeks, including 4 weeks with SmartEnLite.

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Smart Environmental Lighting (SmartEnLite) can help improve behaviors and sleep among residents with dementia in nursing homes. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What is the effect of SmartEnLite on mood and behaviors? * What is the effect of SmartEnLite on sleep? * Would the effect of SmartEnLite on sleep affect its effect on mood and behaviors? Researchers will compare the SmartEnLite to the usual light in nursing homes to see if the SmartEnLite works to improve behaviors and sleep in nursing home residents with dementia. Participants will: * Participate in the study for 13 weeks with SmartEnLite for 4 weeks and their usual light. * Wear a sensor for 13 weeks to measure their sleep and light exposure. * Be observed for mood, behaviors, and reactions to the lights every other week.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Age 55 or older.
  • Speak English.
  • Have lived in a nursing home for at least 4 weeks.
  • Have a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia, which affects memory and thinking.
  • Have agitation (being restless or upset), depression, or apathy (lack of interest).

Who can't join

  • Have a major mental illness.
  • Have severe trouble seeing.
  • Have a severe short-term illness or an illness expected to lead to death.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Age≥55 * English speaking * Nursing home residency≥ 4 weeks * Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia * Presence of agitation, depression, and/or apathy. Exclusion Criteria: * Major mental illness * Severe vision impairment * Severe acute or terminal illness

Study sites (1)

PA