Anxiety Disorder, Chronic Sleep Disorders
Conditions
Keywords
Anxiety, Elderly, Sleep Dsorders
Brief summary
Sleep disorders and anxiety are complicated disorders affecting population especially elderly population, therefore treating these disorders will have positive impact on population production and quality of life.
Detailed description
Alternating current cranial stimulation will improve brain waves frequency so that will have positive effect on sleep disorders and anxiety on elderly population.
Interventions
OTHERTranscranial alternating current stimulation with two electrodes placed on scalp
Transcranial alternating current stimulation with anode and cathode electrodes and frequency ranged from 8 to 13 HZ
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
-healthy elderly adult aged more than 60 years old, both sex, and suffering from insomnia and sleep disorders
Exclusion criteria
* neurological and vascular diseases.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep quality | before treatment and after 12 weeks | Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) will be used for sleep quality assessment Higher scores indicate poorer sleep quality, with a score greater than 5 suggesting significant sleep difficulties |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | before treatment and after 12 weeks of treatment | Hamilton's Depression Scale (HAMA) will be used to assess level of anxiety rated from 0 to 4 with 0 represent absent and 4 represent more severe. |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
CONTACTSalah Eid Ahmed Ali, Assistant Lecturer
Outcome results
None listed