sleep disturbance after traumatic brain injury
Conditions
Interventions
2:home-based warm footbath
Group A:Routine care after home-based warm footbath
Group B:Rouine care before home-based warm footbath
Sponsors
Ministry of Science and Technology
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: To be included in this study, participants were aged between 20 and 65 years, have diagnosed with first-ever TBI over one year since head injury, were able to communicate in Chinese, had a complaint of insomnia after TBI with a Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) score > 10 (Morin, Belleville, Belanger, & Ivers, 2011), and are able to complete the entire process of home-based warm footbath.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria included patients who were diagnosed with a psychiatric disease, sleep disturbances, substance abuse, uncontrolled cardiovascular disease, and peripheral neuropathy prior the diagnosis of TBI that might impede their participation in warm footbath. Participants were also ineligible if they were shift workers, pregnant, or suspected obstructive sleep apnea screened by Berlin questionnaire of two or more categories.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| sleep efficiency;sleep onset latency;total sleep time;wake after sleep onset ; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactPin-Yuan Chen
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Outcome results
None listed