Light Therapy Systematic Review And Meta Analysis

The present systematic review and meta analysis revealed the treatment response to phototherapy for vitiligo based on all relevant prospective studies in the literature.

Light therapy systematic review and meta analysis.

Takeshima m utsumi t aoki y wang z suzuki m okajima i watanabe n watanabe k takaesu y. Although bright light therapy seems a promising treatment for sleep problems research shows inconclusive results. A systematic review and meta analysis. Light therapy for non seasonal depression.

Light therapy explore light therapy as a treatment for seasonal affective disorder and other conditions. 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. A 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.

The effects of light therapy on sleep problems. A systematic review and meta analysis. 1 centre for research in evidence based practice bond university robina queensland australia ascott bond edu au. We found that light therapy was associated with a small to moderate effect in reducing depressive symptoms as compared with placebo and control treatment.

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. Golden rn gaynes bn ekstrom rd et al. Systematic review and meta analysis of randomized controlled trials. 2 centre for research in.

Systematic review and meta analysis volume 2 issue 2 stefan perera rebecca eisen meha bhatt neera bhatnagar russell de souza lehana thabane zainab samaan. 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. Scott am 1 stehlik p 2 clark j 2 zhang d 3 yang z 4 hoffmann t 2 mar cd 2 glasziou p 2. Takeshima m et al.

Blue light therapy for acne vulgaris. The efficacy of light therapy in the treatment of mood disorders. 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.