A televised, web-based randomised trial of an herbal remedy (Valerian) for insomnia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Oxman, Andrew D ^a   Flottorp, Signe ^a   Håvelsrud, Kari ^a   Fretheim, Atle ^a   Odgaard Jensen, Jan ^a   Austvoll Dahlgren, Astrid ^a   Carling, Cheryl ^a   Pallesen, Ståle ^b,c   Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN; VALERINA FORTE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNET; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEVISION; TREMBLING; UNEASINESS; WAKEFULNESS; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

VALERIANA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PLACEBOS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TELEVISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALERIAN;

EID: 41949132792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001040     Document Type: Article

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