Clinical trial NCT04202900: Exploring the Effectiveness of LED Phototherapy on Common Symptoms Among Elderly in Long-Term Care Institutions
Official title: Exploring the Effectiveness of LED Phototherapy on Common Symptoms Among Elderly in Long-Term Care Institutions and Its Translation Application
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Low Level Light Therapy
Keywords: elderly
LED phototherapy
meridian energy
sleep quality
fatigue
cold limbs
long-term care institution
Lead sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-12-18
Enrollment: 120
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Maximum age (years): 95
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The world is facing rapid population aging, the health needs of the elderly are complex, and their physical capabilities are degraded, and increased the possibility of having one or more chronic conditions. In 1900 to 2000, there were 7,600 million people in the United States, aged 65 and above age increased to 4.1% up to 12.6%, by 2050 is expected to increase 20.3%.In Taiwan, the elderly population have 83.5% is health and sub-health, in order to allow them to perform activities of daily living independently, in particular, need to pay attention to the diverse needs of the elderly, Assist the elderly to increase self-care skills, reduce disability is a very important issue.

Detailed description: From literature review of LED phototherapy can effectively improve symptoms in the elderly, such as hair loss, dermatitis, rotator tendonitis, epicondylitis of the tibia, wound healing, back pain, patellofemoral pain, spinal neuropathy, chronic pain relief, insomnia and depression.

Comprehensive Phototherapy and Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) perspective, LED phototherapy is the use of physical light energy stimulation and temperature to improve the body's microcirculation and meridian dredge, Enhance the body's energy of the health and sub-health elderly, increasing physical activity perform daily functions.

Taiwanese Elderly to take self-care by the dilemmas of the many aspects. There are 21.52% physical health problems, affecting work or daily activities are limited; there are 35.12% physical or emotional health problems affecting social activities; there are 13.01% incapable perform activities of daily living.

The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of LED phototherapy on physiological symptoms among elderly in long-term care institutions in Taiwan. To examine the effects of physiological symptoms, such as mental state, muscle bone system, metabolism, autonomic balance and other meridian energy tests, it is expected to improve the body energy of healthy and sub-healthy elderly to increasing physical activity perform daily functions.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Consciousness clear；must be able to talk

Exclusion Criteria:

* Clinical diagnosis of dementia；Seasonal mood disorder

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index/PSQI
timeFrame: Change before, through intervention completion (average 6 weeks).
measure: Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwanese (BFI-T)
timeFrame: Change before, through intervention completion (average 6 weeks).
measure: Cold Limbs
timeFrame: Change before, through intervention completion (average 6 weeks).
measure: Braden-Pressure ulcer risk factor assessment scale
timeFrame: Change before, through intervention completion (average 6 weeks).
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Meridian Energy
timeFrame: Measured 1 week before and 1, 4, 6 weeks after intervention
measure: HRV
timeFrame: Measured 1 week before and 1, 4, 6 weeks after intervention
measure: Body Temperature
timeFrame: Measured 1 week before and 1, 4, 6 weeks after intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kaohsiung
country: Taiwan
facility: Chong-En Group Long-term Care Center for the Elderly
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