Physiotherapy for patients with depression: Recent research progress

Table 2 Related research on bright light therapy

Ref.	Sample	Results
Donmez et al[39], 2022	Of 30 cases of pregnant women and postpartum 1-yr patients with depression	BLT effectively alleviated patients’ depression
Raymackers et al[40], 2019	Of 59 breast cancer patients with depressive symptoms	The efficacy of BLT is better in spring and summer
Rutten et al[41], 2019	Of 83 patients with depression and Parkinson’s disease	BLT had little impact on the alleviation of patients’ depression but effectively improved their sleep status
Chan et al[42], 2022	Of 93 patients with non-seasonal depression	The remission rate of BLT therapy in the treatment of non-seasonal depression was relatively high

BLT: Bright light therapy.