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were broadened to include night eating behaviors versus limiting it those that meet NES diagnostic criteria. Additionally, this was a time intensive intervention that may have presented adherence challenges for the participant. Specifically, both waking up each day at the designated time and engaging in the light therapy may have been difficult. In order to help with this process, we asked the participant to be in communication with the researcher on a daily basis. Originally, participants were eligible to win a VISA gift card if they completed the study. Each day a participant completed a light therapy session, their name was to be entered in a drawing to win a VISA gift card. However, after significant recruitment challenges an amendment was submitted and approved to offer participants $4.00 each day they correctly notified the researcher they completed light therapy. If participants properly administered and notified the researcher for the full 14-day protocol, they were compensated a total of $56.00. Control Group The use of a control group was given strong consideration; however, this study did not include a control group for the following reasons: First, a very small number of treatment studies for NES have been performed, none of which have included BLT as an intervention of interest. Given this is one of the first studies examine BLT as a treatment for NES, it was appropriate to determine if there is an effect before adding a control group to the research design. Second, most NES treatment studies to date have been open label trails. This study was also an open label design where the experimenter as well as the participant knew the treatment they were receiving. Thus, the participant understood if they had been randomized to a control group that does not involve any intervention. Finally, a control group was not added to the design for feasibility purposes. Recruitment challenges were anticipated and including a control group would have 36PDF Image | BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY FOR late NIGHT EATING SYNDRome
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