Vitamin D vs broad spectrum phototherapy in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder.
Gloth FM 3rd, Alam W, Hollis B.
J Nutr Health Aging. 1999;3(1):5-7.
PMID: 10888476
All subjects receiving vitamin D improved in all outcome measures. The phototherapy group showed no significant change in depression scale measures. Vitamin D status improved in both groups (74% vitamin D group, p < 0.005 and 36% phototherapy group, p < 0.01). Improvement in 25-OH D was significantly associated with improvement in depression scale scores (r2=0.26; p=0.05). Vitamin D may be an important treatment for SAD. Further studies will be necessary to confirm these findings..
Gloth FM 3rd, Alam W, Hollis B.
Vitamin D vs broad spectrum phototherapy in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder.
J Nutr Health Aging. 1999;3(1):5-7.
PMID: 10888476 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]