insomnia disorder with short sleep duration
Conditions
Interventions
experimental group:The tDCS stimulation with the right DLPFC as the anodic target (i.e., the F4 electrode site) and F2, F6, AF4, and FC4 as the peripheral sites was performed once a day for 25 min for
sham stimulus control group:The basic setup was the same as the experimental group, with the only difference being that this group received pseudo-stimulation, i.e., the tDCS protocol would only relea
Sponsors
Department of Psychology, Southwest University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 18-50; 2. PSQI score > 7 and ISI > 11; 3. meet the criteria for insomnia after a structured DSM-5 interview; 5. objective sleep duration of less than 7 hours (assessed by sleep EEG) 6. no neurological or psychiatric disorders 7. no other sleep disorders (e.g., sleep-related movement disorders, hypersomnia, or sleep abnormalities)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. metal implants in the body (e.g., pacemakers, stents, inner ear hearing aids, or other metal objects); 2. a history of seizures; 3. women who are pregnant or breastfeeding or menstruating or taking hormones; 4. structural brain damage detected by cranial MRI scan; 5. inability to fulfil the two-week washout period for various reasons prior to the start of the study; 6. the presence of other circumstances that prevented completion of the task, such as the inability to perform the tDCS intervention.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Subjective Sleep quality;Severity of insomnia; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Objective sleep-related parameters;brain activity; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXu Lei
Department of Psychology, Southwest University
Outcome results
None listed