Table 5 SAFTEE Symptoms, Mean Scores for Beginning and End of Light Treatment with Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test
From: Bright light treatment of depression for older adults [ISRCTN55452501]
Light Condition | Bright | Dim | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptom Category | Baseline | Post Treatment | p | Baseline | Post Treatment | p |
Head | 5.62 | 4.92 | .012 | 5.35 | 5.14 | .065 |
Eyes | 8.53 | 8.61 | .404 | 8.76 | 8.27 | .168 |
Ears | 5.15 | 5.22 | .791 | 5.14 | 5.53 | .502 |
Mouth/Teeth | 8.48 | 7.82 | .193 | 8.41 | 7.28 | .001 |
Nose/Throat | 6.71 | 7.03 | .297 | 6.58 | 6.12 | .312 |
Chest | 8.17 | 7.74 | .683 | 7.71 | 8.00 | .315 |
Heart | 2.28 | 2.19 | .276 | 2.69 | 2.55 | .106 |
Stomach/Abdomen | 6.03 | 5.46 | .080 | 5.37 | 5.00 | .239 |
Bowel | 8.64 | 8.40 | .487 | 8.39 | 8.32 | .790 |
Appetite | 7.91 | 7.58 | .394 | 7.69 | 7.66 | .699 |
Urination | 5.79 | 7.11 | <.001 | 6.28 | 8.18 | <.001 |
Gynecology | 9.40 | 9.00 | .854 | 8.91 | 9.75 | .655 |
Genital/Sexual | 8.31 | 9.64 | .077 | 7.85 | 9.87 | .004 |
Muscle/Bone | 5.97 | 5.85 | .573 | 5.25 | 4.94 | .178 |
Walking/Moving | 7.06 | 7.36 | .271 | 7.21 | 7.74 | .239 |
Scalp/Skin | 5.76 | 5.70 | .636 | 5.39 | 5.53 | .120 |
Other | 28.73 | 23.4 | <.001 | 27.32 | 25.17 | .091 |