Sentence examples for light depressive from inspiring English sources
A GDS score of zero to five is classified normal, six to ten light depressive, and eleven and above as heavy depression.
In this study the term "poor mental health" is used as a total concept that covers both depression and lighter depressive symptoms.
Light therapy improves depressive symptoms in patients with a major depressive episode and T2D.
To substantiate this theory, we aim to perform a randomised, double-blind, parallel-arm trial that investigates the following hypotheses: Light therapy improves depressive symptoms in patients with a major depressive episode and T2D.
To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to investigate the effects of light therapy on depressive symptoms and insulin sensitivity in T2D patients with a major depressive episode.
In previous research on the use of light therapy, atypical depressive symptoms have been predictive of treatment response and remission.
We will assess whether light therapy improves depressive symptoms and insulin sensitivity, our primary outcome measures, and additionally investigate whether these effects are mediated by restoration of the circadian rhythmicity, as measured by sleep and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity.
Effects of light therapy on depressive symptoms and insulin sensitivity are mediated by restoration of the circadian rhythmicity, as measured by the sleep-wake pattern and HPA axis activity.
Mood level ratings were plotted against each subject's mean illumination level, and the relationship between light exposure and depressive symptoms among all subjects was tested for correlation using the Spearman rank-order test.
To evaluate the blinding procedure, participants' expectations of the effect of light therapy on depressive symptoms will be measured before installation of the light therapy lamps, using an adapted version of the expectations questionnaire developed by Lieverse and colleagues, 2011 [ 30].
No differences were found in light intensity in the depressive groups.
