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Trial reportThe Journal of family practice2016

PURLs: Light therapy for nonseasonal major depressive disorder?

Kehinde Eniola, Angela Bacigalupo, Anne Mounsey

Abstract readCase ReportsRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in The Journal of family practice, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kehinde EniolaCone Health Family Medicine Residency, Greensboro, NC, USA.
Angela BacigalupoCone Health Family Medicine Residency, Greensboro, NC, USA.
Anne MounseyDepartment of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Cone Health · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: CLINICAL TRIALSUL1RR024999 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI SOLWAY, JULIAN · 2007 to 2011
$25.3M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While bright light therapy already has a place in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder, a recent trial spotlights its utility beyond the winter months.

Indexed as

PhototherapyAdultAntidepressive AgentsCombined Modality TherapyFemaleFluoxetineHumansMajor Depressive DisorderSeasonsTreatment OutcomeAntidepressive AgentsFluoxetine

Identifiers

PMID27565102
PMCPMC4980118
OpenAlexW2513307867

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.