Status:
COMPLETED
Does Acoustic Stimulation During Sleep Boost Slow Wave Sleep and Memory Performance?
Lead Sponsor:
University of Bern
Conditions:
Healthy
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Eligibility:
All Genders
60-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
With aging the amount of slow wave sleep decreases drastically and this disruption is markedly exaggerated in older adults suffering from mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Critically,...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Written informed consent
- Fluent in German
- Normal or corrected to normal vision
- Unimpaired hearing
- For healthy group: Montreal Cognitive Assessment Score ≥ 26
- For MCI group: Montreal Cognitive Assessment Score \< 26
- For at risk group: smoker, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and high fasting plasma glucose OR smoker, high BMI, physically inactive, unhealthy dietary habits
Exclusion
- Known sleep problems such as Insomnia, restless leg syndrome, apnea
- Irregular sleep pattern
- Symptoms of depression
- History of untreated severe neurological and psychiatric diseases
- Alcohol or substance abuse
- Use of medication acting on the central nervous system
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 20 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 20 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
47 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04277104
Start Date
October 20 2019
End Date
July 20 2023
Last Update
December 15 2023
Active Locations (1)
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University Hospital of Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Bern, Switzerland, 3000 60