Plain-English translation of NCT05820919 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Source last updated · Translation generated · How we translate trials
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This trial is testing a staff training program called LOCK, designed to help nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia sleep better. The program teaches frontline nursing home staff to observe and work together to improve sleep conditions—like managing noise, light, and nighttime routines. Researchers want to see if this teamwork-based approach actually helps residents sleep more and need fewer sleep or behavior medications.
Poor sleep in nursing home residents is a serious problem that can lead to frailty, more illness, and even earlier death. Residents with dementia are especially affected because nursing home routines (like checking for incontinence at night) often disturb their sleep, and there aren't enough proven programs to fix this.
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You would stay in your nursing home as usual. For the first week, staff would observe and record your normal sleep patterns. Then, over 10 weeks, trained staff would use the LOCK program to improve your sleep environment and routines—like reducing noise and light at night. After that, the program would continue for 5 more weeks. Staff will monitor your sleep using a small wrist device, and researchers will track changes in your sleep quality, medications you take, and daily activities.
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