Research Article

Improvement in Fatigue, Sleepiness, and Health-Related Quality of Life with Bright Light Treatment in Persons with Seasonal Affective Disorder and Subsyndromal SAD

Table 2

Mean values (SD) for the cluster variables in the three clusters at baseline ( ).

Cluster variablesWinter fatigue
Mildly depr/Not SleepyMildly depr/SleepyDepressed/SleepyBetween-groups ANOVA
(2,48)P value

HAMD-21 (SD)12.9 (4.1)11.4 (5.0)20.4 (6.2)14.7<.001
Atyp-8 (SD)6.9 (2.8)6.3 (2.7)12.3 (2.6)26.3<.001
FQ (SD)16.9 (2.1)17.7 (4.2)23.4 (1.8)18.8<.001
ESS (SD)3.8 (2.2)11.7 (3.1)11.5 (2.6)28.7<.001