Pilot Study to Examine Health Effects of Daylight Exposure on Dementia Patients

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

83

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 30, 2017

Primary Completion Date

May 10, 2017

Study Completion Date

June 5, 2017

Conditions
DementiaDepressionBehavior Disorders
Interventions
OTHER

Daylight Intervention

Staff increased the daylight exposure of participants by taking them to the perimeter zone of a daylit room from 8:00 to 10:00 AM for socialization over a period of 12 weeks. The perimeter zone was defined to be the region of the room within 3 meters from windows. The intervention was administered each day (7 days / week) over the duration of the study.

Trial Locations (8)

90048

Los Angeles Dementia Care (Beverly Place), Los Angeles

90277

Redondo Beach Dementia Care (Beach Cities), Redondo Beach

91302

Calabasas Memory Care Community, Calabasas

91702

Sierra Vista Memory Care Community, Azusa

91801

Alhambra Dementia Care, Alhambra

92627

Costa Mesa Dementia Care, Costa Mesa

92675

San Juan Capistrano Memory Care Community, San Juan Capistrano

92780

Tustin Hacienda Memory Care Community, Tustin

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Southern California

OTHER

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