[Light therapy as a treatment for XXXX --beyond a pilot study].

@entity1 @entity251 @entity458 @entity250
OBJECTIVES: Seasonal trends were demonstrated in reproduction and sexual activity. Through the secretion ofmelatonin the pineal gland plays an important role in the neuroendocrine control of sexual function and reproductive physiology. We hypothesized that inhibition of the pineal gland activity through a light treatment may favorably affect sexual function. METHODS: We recruited 24 subjects with a diagnosis of @entity458 and/or primary @entity458 . The subjects were randomly assigned to either active light treatment (ALT) or placebo light treatment (L-PBO). @entity1 were assessed during the first evaluation and after 2 weeks of treatment, using the Structured Clinical Interview for Sexual Disorders DSM-IV (SCID-S) and a self-administered rating scale of the level of sexual satisfaction (1 to 10). Repeated ANOVA measures were performed to compare the two groups of @entity1 . Post-hoc analysis was performed by Holm-Sidak test for repeated comparisons. Results. At baseline the two groups were comparable. After 2 weeks the group treated with Light Therapy showed a significant improvement in sexual satisfaction, about 3 times higher than the group that received placebo, while no significant improvement was observed in the group L-PBO. Conclusions. Our results confirm a potentially beneficial effect of Light Therapy on primary @entity250 . In the future, we propose to correlate clinical findings with @entity251 levels pre/post treatment.
