Light Therapy Systematic Review And Meta Analysis

The present systematic review and meta analysis sought to investigate the efficacy of light therapy in treating non seasonal depressive disorders and symptoms in adults.

Light therapy systematic review and meta analysis.

Efficacy and safety of bright light therapy for manic and depressive symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder. We found that light therapy was associated with a small to moderate effect in reducing depressive symptoms as compared with placebo and control treatment. Light therapy for non seasonal depression. Systematic review and meta analysis volume 2 issue 2 stefan perera rebecca eisen meha bhatt neera bhatnagar russell de souza lehana thabane zainab samaan.

Epub ahead of print light therapy for patients with bipolar depression. A systematic review and meta analysis. Scott am 1 stehlik p 2 clark j 2 zhang d 3 yang z 4 hoffmann t 2 mar cd 2 glasziou p 2. Light therapy explore light therapy as a treatment for seasonal affective disorder and other conditions.

The effects of light therapy on sleep problems. Golden rn gaynes bn ekstrom rd et al. 1 centre for research in evidence based practice bond university robina queensland australia ascott bond edu au. The present systematic review and meta analysis sought to inves tigate the efficacy of light therapy in treating non seasonal depres sive disorders and symptoms in adults.

This meta analysis is the first to systematically review the effect of light therapy on sleep problems in general and on specific types of sleep problems in particular circadian rhythm sleep disorders insomnia sleep problems related to alzheimer s disease and dementia. A systematic review and meta analysis. Takeshima m utsumi t aoki y wang z suzuki m okajima i watanabe n watanabe k takaesu y. Systematic review and meta analysis of randomized controlled trials.

A review and meta analysis of the evidence. A longer treatment duration should be encouraged to enhance the treatment response and a period of at least 6 months is required to assess the responsiveness to phototherapy. Although bright light therapy seems a promising treatment for sleep problems research shows inconclusive results. A systematic review and meta analysis.

Takeshima m et al. Blue light therapy for acne vulgaris. Am j psychiatry 2005 162 656 62 openurl 1 crossref 2 pubmed 3 web of science 4 q is light therapy an effective therapy for seasonal affective disorder and non seasonal depression.