Study on Gamma Sensory Flicker for Insomnia

Shanxi Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sleep Onset Latency; Sleep Quality; Sleep Duration

Treatments: Device: Gamma sensory flicker

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06322524

FirstShanxiMU_jsk

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective observational study enrolled adult volunteers for a sleep quality research study through a questionnaire survey distributed via a WeChat two-dimensional code from May 2021 to April 2022. Participants were exposed to flicker stimulation through a light and sound device for a duration of 8 weeks with daily monitoring.

Full description

This prospective observational study enrolled adult volunteers for a sleep quality research study through a questionnaire survey distributed via a WeChat two-dimensional code from May 2021 to April 2022. Participants were exposed to flicker stimulation through a light and sound device for a duration of 8 weeks with daily monitoring.

A total of 37 participants underwent polysomnography (PSG) prior to the commencement of the study.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnosis of insomnia according to DSM-5 Cumulative score of ≥7 on the seven-factor components of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Sleep disturbances manifest at least three times per week.

Exclusion criteria

Secondary insomnia related to other mental disorders Substance-induced sleep disorders Environmental sleep disorders Sleep apnea syndrome. Stroke patients Insomnia caused by physical diseases, Severe ophthalmic diseases Brain tumors Suspected or confirmed history of alcohol or drug abuse Psychoactive drugs Pregnancy Previous participation in clinical trials within the past three months Epilepsy or family history of epilepsy.

Trial design

37 participants in 1 patient group

insomnia group

Description:

insomnia participants participants underwent polysomnography (PSG), the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). prior to the commencement of the study. 8 weeks of the intervention of Gamma sensory flicker, 30 min per day. After 8 weeks study, participants underwent polysomnography again. In the first week of study, participants were required to keep a daily sleep diary everyday. In the eighth week of study ,participants were required to keep a daily sleep diary everyday.

Treatment:

Device: Gamma sensory flicker