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No detected effect on total sleep time
LimitedEvidence strength: limited. Human evidence with several recorded weaknesses, or a design that tops out at limited.FindingNull resultreplicated ×2“The median in-hospital sleep duration was 6.0 hours (IQR: 5.0–6.2), with slightly longer duration in the melatonin group (6.0 (5.3–6.3) vs 5.8 (5.0–6.0), p=0.136), though this difference was not statistically significant.”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of melatonin versus placebo for the prevention of delirium among medically hospitalised older patients: a double-blinded randomised controlled trial (project RESTORE).. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 5 days
- Dose
- 5 mg or 8 mg oral melatonin nightly for up to 5 days (arms pooled)
- Population
- medically hospitalised patients aged 65 years and over; secondary endpoint, ITT; sleep duration from patient report and nursing observation, not polysomnography
Effect of melatonin versus placebo for the prevention of delirium among medically hospitalised older patients: a double-blinded randomised controlled trial (project RESTORE).2026PMID:41592826Permalink
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To cite this finding: https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M0Q0910QRT7PT2YFTWQPTMKD