NCT01938937

The Effect of Acute Transcranial Bright Light on Anxiety Symptoms

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Oulu · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if transcranially administered bright light has acute effect on anxiety symptoms.

Detailed description

Subjects (n=30) with anxiety symptoms will be recruited into the study. To be included into the study, subjects have to get at least seven points in BAI(Becks Anxiety Inventory). At the beginning of the study subject will be randomly assigned to 12 minutes of acute transcranial bright light or placebo exposure group. Anxiety symptoms will be measured using Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI, form Y1)self-rating questionnaire just before and 10 and 110 minutes after the experiment.

Conditions

• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcranial bright light device
DEVICE	Transcranial sham device

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2014-02-01
• Completion: 2014-02-01
• First posted: 2013-09-10
• Last updated: 2014-02-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland