Light Therapy for Cancer-Related Fatigue in (Non-)Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the short- and long-term effects of light therapy on fatigue (primary outcome) and sleep quality, depression, anxiety, quality of life, and circadian rhythms (secondary outcomes) in survivors of (non-)Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with chronic cancer-related fatigue.

Methods

We randomly assigned 166 survivors (mean survival 13 years) to a bright white light intervention (BWL) or dim white light comparison (DWL) group. Measurements were completed at baseline (T0), post-intervention (T1), at three (T2), and nine (T3) months follow-up. A mixed-effect modeling approach was used to compare linear and non-linear effects of time between groups.

Results

There were no significant differences between BWL and DWL in the reduction in fatigue over time. Both BWL

SUBMITTER: Starreveld DEJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8508131 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature