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Table 4 SAFTEE Symptoms, Mean Scores for Beginning and End of Light Treatment with Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test

From: Bright green light treatment of depression for older adults [ISRCTN69400161]

Light Condition

Bright

Dim

Symptom Category

Baseline

Post Treatment

p

Baseline

Post Treatment

p

Head

5.62

4.94

.078

5.31

5.25

.760

Eyes

9.41

7.41

.009

10.19

8.38

.212

Ears

5.12

5.06

.739

5.94

6.06

.661

Mouth/Teeth

8.18

7.53

.754

9.19

8.31

.043

Nose/Throat

7.35

6.59

.052

7.62

6.81

.283

Chest

8.64

8.18

.231

7.81

7.88

.666

Heart

2.18

2.53

.063

2.12

2.62

.480

Stomach/Abdomen

5.88

5.59

.474

5.38

5.69

.144

Bowel

8.35

7.59

.192

9.62

8.62

.305

Appetite

6.76

6.47

.475

7.50

6.62

.117

Urination

7.71

6.76

.042

7.12

7.25

.856

Gynecology

3.47

3.71

1.00

5.19

2.25

.026

Genital/Sexual

5.06

5.35

.799

6.38

4.69

.074

Muscle/Bone

7.47

6.00

.011

6.25

4.81

.016

Walking/Moving

9.24

8.12

.065

8.62

8.62

.152

Scalp/Skin

5.82

5.76

.887

6.44

5.81

.232

Other

33.76

24.12

.001

27.81

23.06

.052