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Melatonin decreases sleep onset latency

lowersVery limited evidenceFindingreplicated ×11

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“A significant and clinically relevant shortening of sleep latency to the same extent as most frequently used sleep medications was also found (-24.3 vs.-12.9 minutes; p = 0.028).”
Quoted verbatim from Efficacy of prolonged release melatonin in insomnia patients aged 55-80 years: quality of sleep and next-day alertness outcomes.
This finding among the 16 findings on its endpoint

melatonin

Sleep onset latency

lowers

Who
Adults aged 55-80 years with primary insomnia
Dose studied
prolonged-release melatonin (Circadin) 2 mg once daily, 2 h before bedtime

Very limited evidencePMID 17875243 · 2007

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
3 weeks

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Current medical research and opinion
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M38RZE2Q5SW4GB13VC1ESAJP