Clinical Study
Patients’ Experience of Winter Depression and Light Room Treatment
Table 1
Overview of the informants’ background characteristics: sex, civil status, employment, sick leave, medication, previous number of years with winter depression, previous light therapy, preventative treatment or not, and scores on the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, self-rating version (MADRS-S) before treatment, at posttreatment, and at two weeks after treatment ().
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/cohabitant, single/divorced, or living apart. 2Employment full-time 75–100%, part-time ≤50%, job-seeker, retired, or student. 3On sick leave full-time 75–100%, part-time <50%, or no sick leave. 4Current antidepressive medication. 5Other current psychiatric and/or somatic medications. 6Informants’ retrospective estimate of number of years with winter depression. 7Previous experience of bright light treatment (number of years). 8The Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, self-rating version (MADRS-S), Svanborg and Åsberg (2001). 9Data missing. |