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8471127

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty-five patients with winter seasonal affective disorder (SAD) were treated with a light visor, a newly developed portable light-delivery system, in a controlled parallel design. A dim (400 lux) visor was compared with a bright (6000 lux) visor for either 30 or 60 minutes in the morning for 1 week. Response rates for these two treatments were 36% and 56%, respectively; the duration of treatment sessions did not affect outcome. There was no evidence that the brighter visor was superior in efficacy to the dimmer one. Significantly greater relapse occurred following withdrawal of the dimmer visor. Alternative explanations for these findings are that the light visor is acting as a placebo or that it is equally effective over a wide range of intensities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0893-133X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
151-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
A multicenter study of the light visor for seasonal affective disorder: no difference in efficacy found between two different intensities.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Psychobiology Branch, DIRP, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study