title: An automated treatment for jet lag delivered through the internet.
abstract: Seventy percent of persons who suffer from psychiatric illness do not receive treatment. Cost-effective, automated treatment can be delivered through the Internet but can be complicated by the lack of professional supervision. This open study piloted a fully automated, publicly available treatment for jet lag as a means of highlighting some of the issues involved in delivering treatment over the Internet. Twenty study participants rated the severity of their jet lag symptoms and their adherence to a light-exposure schedule calculated to accelerate adaptation to a new time zone. A significant negative correlation was observed between how closely participants followed the light-exposure schedules and the severity of their jet lag symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA. dlieberman@mfa.gwu.edu
authors.forename: Daniel Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Lieberman
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D020375:Education, Distance; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020179:Jet Lag Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States