Light Therapy Systematic Review

A diabetic person has a 25 lifetime risk of developing a diabetic foot ulcer dfu leading to limb amputation in up to one in six dfu patients.

Light therapy systematic review. Sad is a type of depression that occurs at a certain time each year usually in the fall or winter. Systematic review of randomised controlled trials rcts was conducted by searching medline embase psycinfo cinahl and central from their inception to september 2015. Blue light therapy for acne vulgaris. The present systematic review aims to summarise the efficacy of light therapy in adults with non seasonal depression by conducting a qualitative review of the literature a standardised risk of bias assessment and computing pooled summary estimates of light therapy s treatment effect.

A systematic review of low level light therapy for treatment of diabetic foot ulcer diabetes mellitus dm is a significant international health concern affecting more than 387 million individuals. Scott am 1 stehlik p 2 clark j 2 zhang d 3 yang z 4 hoffmann t 2 mar cd 2 glasziou p 2. The purpose of this systematic literature review using prisma preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta analyses guidelines was 1 to evaluate the state of the empirical treatment outcome literature on bright light therapy for eating disorders and 2 to explore the timing of eating behavior mood and sleep related symptom change so as to understand potential mechanisms of bright light therapy action in the context of eating disorder treatment. Light therapy is a way to treat seasonal affective disorder sad and certain other conditions by exposure to artificial light.

To provide the current state of evidence for efficacy of light therapy in non seasonal depressive disorders. During light therapy you sit or work near a device called a light therapy box.