ArticleHeliyon2020
The effects of sunlight exposure therapy on the improvement of depression and quality of life in post-stroke patients: A RCT study.
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- The association between time spent outdoors during daylight and mortality among participants of the Adventist Health Study 2 Cohort.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- The Potential Role of Polyphenol Supplementation in Preventing and Managing Depression: A Review of Current Research.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The effects of exposure to solar radiation on human health.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2023Article
- Cardiac Arrest Due to out-of-Hospital Pulmonary Embolism During Pregnancy: Successful Thrombolysis.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2023Article
- Predicting ischemic stroke risk from atrial fibrillation based on multi-spectral fundus images using deep learning.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Possible Effects and Mechanisms of Dietary Natural Products and Nutrients on Depression and Anxiety: A Narrative Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Lower Blood Vitamin D Levels Are Associated with Depressive Symptoms in a Population of Older Adults in Kuwait: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- A Narrative Review on the Non-Pharmacologic Interventions in Post-Stroke Depression.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Review
- Mental depression: Relation to different disease status, newer treatments and its association with COVID-19 pandemic (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2021Review
- Disruptions of Circadian Rhythms and Thrombolytic Therapy During Ischemic Stroke Intervention.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Review
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Abstract
Previous studies have suggested that nearly 30% of the stroke victims present with signs of depression within the first 5 years of illness. Since post-stroke depression significantly affects the patient both physically and psychologically, the emotional disturbances impede the progress and effectiveness of rehabilitation. To utilize sunlight therapy in post-stroke patients in order to improve the depression and daily activity function. This study was a single-blind design randomized controlled intervention with sunlight exposure design. The population were stroke patients with tendency to depression. Exposed to sunlight for at least 30 min per day, at least 14 days of exposure duration of 4 weeks. A total of 46 patients were 23 patients in the experimental group and the control group. The research tools include: depression status (Taiwanese depression scale, TDS), physical activity function (Barthel Index), and cognitive status (MMSE). The CONSORT guideline was used in this study. After the data was analyzed with the generalized estimating equation (GEE), significant improvement was noted among the experimental ground in 2
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