Development of a Home-Based Light Therapy for Fatigue Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Two Case Studies.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: Fatigue and sleep disturbance negatively impact quality of life following brain injury and there are no established treatments. Building on research showing efficacy of blue light therapy delivered via a lightbox in reducing fatigue and daytime sleepiness after traumatic brain injury (TBI), this paper describes the development and implementation of a novel in-home light therapy to alleviate fatigue and sleep disturbance in two case studies. Methods: During the 8-week lighting intervention, participants' home lighting was adjusted to provide high intensity, blue-enriched (high melanopic) light all day as a stimulant and dimmer, blue-depleted (low melanopic) light for 3 h before sleep as a soporific. The sham 8-week control condition resembled partici

SUBMITTER: Connolly LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8473693 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature