Bright light therapy in pregnant women with major depressive disorder: Study protocol for a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bais, Babette ^a   Kamperman, Astrid M ^a   van der Zwaag, Marjolein D ^b   Dieleman, Gwen C ^a   Harmsen van der Vliet Torij, Hanneke W ^c   Bijma, Hilmar H ^a   Lieverse, Ritsaert ^d   Hoogendijk, Witte J G ^a   Lambregtse van den Berg, Mijke P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS LIGHTING   (Netherlands)

^c ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Clinical trial; Depression; Depressive disorder; Light therapy; Phototherapy; Pregnancy; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DSM-5; EDINBURG POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP QUALITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR THE HAMILTON DEPRESSION SCALE SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER VERSION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

EID: 84994444369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-1092-2     Document Type: Article

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