Papers/PMID:17242627
Effect of melatonin on sleep, behavior, and cognition in ADHD and chronic sleep-onset insomnia.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2007The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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1 finding
melatonin — increases total sleep time
PreliminaryGrade D, Preliminary. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Findingreplicated ×2“Total time asleep increased with melatonin (19.8 +/- 61.9 minutes) as compared to placebo (-13.6 +/- 50.6 minutes; p = .01).”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of melatonin on sleep, behavior, and cognition in ADHD and chronic sleep-onset insomnia.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Dose
- 3 or 6 mg melatonin (depending on body weight), or placebo, for 4 weeks
- Population
- children aged 6-12 years, medication-free, with ADHD and chronic sleep onset insomnia
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