Overview
Non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder (Non-24) is a condition experienced primarily by totally blind individuals that results in abnormal night sleep patterns and chronic daytime sleepiness. This is a research protocol to develop a patient registry of subjects who may suffer from Non-24 and who are blind. Subjects participate in the study through a phone survey. This registry will be used to better understand, sleep related problems in blind individuals, including the investigation of a potential treatment, recruitment for future clinical studies, and to provide a forum for raising awareness about Non-24. The survey consists of questions regarding the degree of vision impairment and sleep problems that the subjects may be experiencing.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects or legal guardians must be at least 18 years of age to participate in the telephone survey. Parents or legal guardians may represent children from 0 through 17 years who meet the following criteria.
- Subjects must be blind.
- Subjects must have some self-described problem with sleep or daytime sleepiness.