monochromatic blue light vs standard light treatment in seasonal complaints
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Seasonal affective disorder, wintertype, according to DSM-IV is depreesion with a seasonal pattern in wich the complaints exist in fall/winter and remission tooks place in spring/summer at an almost yearly basis.Epidemiological research in the Netherlands shows that 3% of the adults suffer from SAD and 8% from winterblues..
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON22649
- Lead Sponsor
- Philips Consumer Lifestyle/ S. Hermans P.O. Box 20100 9200 CA Drachten NL
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
age between 18-65 yr
- no other treatments for seasonal complaints during the same time
Exclusion Criteria
other Axis -I disorders according to DSM-IV
acute suicidal risk
use of pschopharmaca or photosensitsizing drugs
eye diseases or complaints exept aging
diabetes
epilepsy
night shifts
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sores on the SIGH-SAD interviews
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method