The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Treatment on Processing Speed, Life Satisfaction, Negative Emotional States in Students With Poor Sleep Quality

The aim of this Study is to determine how effective the use of tDCS can be in Improving Processing Speed؛ life Satisfaction؛ Depression؛ Anxiety؛ Stress and Sleep Quality in Students.

This trial has a control group, double-blind, randomized, on 30 students per day with sleep problems, and SPSS-24 software is used for analysis.

This work was done in the cognitive science lab of the university and for 10 sessions (20min) in two experimental and control groups, and the participants and the clinical supervisor did not know about the type of intervention.

The research population is all students of Shahid Bahonar uk , who are at a low level in terms of sleep quality, and the Entry criteria are as follows: Having Problems With the Quality of Sleep and Being Dissatisfied With Its Quality in the Last Month؛ Having Sleep Mode While Driving and Daily Tasks؛ The Sample Must be From The Student Community؛ Having Depression, Anxiety, Stress؛ Having Problems in Some Executive Functions, Including Processing Speed.The exit criteria are as follows: Having a History of Brain Injury or Seizures؛Having a History of Bipolar Disorders or Psychotic Disorders؛ Having Acute Suicidal Thoughts؛ Taking Psychiatric Drugs at The Time of The Study؛؛ Being Pregnant؛ Having Metal, Prostheses,Implants and The Presence of Batteries in the Heart؛ History of Neurological Diseases؛ Serious Medical Diseases (Heart Problems, Respiratory Failure)؛ Attention Problems؛ Memory Problems

The Intervention in the Experimental Group was applied in the form of 20 min of Stimulation of the F3 and F4 area, but in the control group, in the form of 30 seconds of stimulation from 20 min of stimulation and the rest of the time the device was turned off.

Processing Speed؛ life Satisfaction؛ Depression؛ Anxiety؛ Stress؛ Sleep

In this study, the simple randomization method is used to implement the randomization method, and the randomization was done individually, and it is in this way that for the implementation of simple randomization, a table of random numbers is used, and the subjects must be a similar pair. Use in groups. In contrast, according to the score they get from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire, they can't. After that, the subjects are placed in a table of random numbers from 1 to 30, so any test that can be chosen randomly. The control group is placed. Also, the method of concealment is such that, as an important clinical activity in the laboratory, it can determine which of these subjects are in the intervention group and which are in the control group, and each subject who is in the control group is known. Is. with the subject who is in the experimental group under the same conditions.

Considering that there are two groups (Experimental Group and Control Group) in this study, the participants in the experimental or control group were kept blind, so that they were treated with direct electrical stimulation for 20 minutes, but in the group Placebo is a fake treatment, that is, only 30 seconds of electrical stimulation is done in 20 minutes to get a feeling similar to the real treatment, and also both groups are intervened in exactly the same conditions so that the clinical supervisor does not realize that the subject in which group (Intervention or Placebo) and only the researcher and project implementers are aware of this issue, but all participants are fully aware that they are participating in a study and have been fully informed of this type of treatment and its conditions and have expressed their satisfaction.

Only documents related to the main variables of the study are shared. The personal information of the participants is confidential.

6 months after the results are published

After printing the results of all researchers in educational sciences and psychology, psychiatrists and neuroscience researchers and other fields can use the documents.

Any analysis of the data is allowed only with the permission of the organizers of the project and Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Psychology.

Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, postal code 7616913439 Respondents: 1- Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Mousavi Nesab, Head of Psychology Department Contact number: 03431322425 Email: hossein.mousavi-nasab@uk.ac.ir 2- Dr. Mahshid, experience, vice-chancellor of the faculty Email: m.tajrobehkar@uk.ac.ir Contact number: 09193207522 3- Hamid Reza Dehghan Email: h.dehghan@ens.uk.ac.ir Contact number: 09130256226

6 months after the results are published