Papers/PMID:24835540
A systematic review of peri-operative melatonin.
Anaesthesia2014The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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1 finding
melatonin — decreases anxiety symptom severity (pooled across unnamed instruments)
PreliminaryGrade D, Preliminary. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Finding“Compared with placebo, melatonin reduced the standardised mean difference (95% CI) pre-operative anxiety score by 0.88 (0.44-1.33) and postoperative pain score by 1.06 (0.23-1.88).”
Quoted verbatim from A systematic review of peri-operative melatonin.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- surgical patients undergoing peri-operative care, pooled across 24 RCTs (1794 participants)
Effect 0.88 standardised mean difference, 95% CI 0.44 to 1.33
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