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Melatonin decreases sleep onset latency

lowersVery limited evidenceFindingreplicated ×11

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Melatonin decreased sleep onset latency (weighted mean difference [WMD]: -11.7 minutes; 95% confidence interval [CI]: -18.2, -5.2)); it was decreased to a greater extent in people with delayed sleep phase syndrome (WMD: -38.8 minutes; 95% CI: -50.3, -27.3; n=2) compared with people with insomnia (WMD: -7.2 minutes; 95% CI: -12.0, -2.4; n=12).”
Quoted verbatim from The efficacy and safety of exogenous melatonin for primary sleep disorders. A meta-analysis.
This finding among the 16 findings on its endpoint

melatonin

Sleep onset latency

lowers

Effect as reported

−11.7mean difference

CI −18.2 to −5.2

Who
people with primary sleep disorders (insomnia and delayed sleep phase syndrome pooled); pooled randomised controlled trials
Dose studied
not reported

Very limited evidencePMID 16423108 · 2005

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

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

03 · The paper

Journal of general internal medicine
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6Y6EXKGPT9WA0W6K9C8HHC7