Papers/PMID:15649737
Effects of exogenous melatonin on sleep: a meta-analysis.
Sleep medicine reviews2005The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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1 finding
melatonin — decreases sleep onset latency
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Findingreplicated ×10“Melatonin treatment significantly reduced sleep onset latency by 4.0 min (95% CI 2.5, 5.4); increased sleep efficiency by 2.2% (95% CI 0.2, 4.2), and increased total sleep duration by 12.8 min (95% CI 2.9, 22.8).”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of exogenous melatonin on sleep: a meta-analysis.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- adults in exogenous-melatonin sleep trials; meta-analysis of 17 studies (mixed healthy and clinical populations)
Effect 4 mean difference, 95% CI 2.5 to 5.4
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