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ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2025

Protocol MelatoSom-Kids-PTSD: sleep disturbances in children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of paediatric prolonged-release melatonin.

Julie Rolling, Eve Reynaud, Amaury C Mengin, Thomas Zanfonato, Patrice Bourgin, Carmen M Schroder

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Article in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Julie RollingDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4066-8438
Eve ReynaudSleep Disorders Center, International Research Center for ChronoSomnology, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France.
Amaury C MenginRegional Center for Psychotrauma Great East, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
Thomas ZanfonatoDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France.
Patrice BourginSleep Disorders Center, International Research Center for ChronoSomnology, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France.
Carmen M SchroderDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

MelatoninSleep Wake DisordersStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdolescentChildDelayed-Action PreparationsDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleProspective StudiesQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeDelayed-Action PreparationsMelatoninchildrenextended-release melatoninMelatonina de liberación prolongadaniñospost-traumatic stress disorderSleep disordersTrastorno de estrés postraumáticoTrastornos del sueñotratamientotreatment

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PMID40243149
PMCPMC12006942

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