ND-0687 · 2005 · Other
The effect of sunlight on postoperative analgesic medication use
Walch JM et al. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2005.
doi.org/10.1097/01.psy.0000149258.42508.70 · Finding checked against the abstract
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What the source reports
Spinal surgery patients on the bright side of a ward received 46% more sunlight, reported less stress and used 22% less pain medication per hour, at 21% lower cost.
Design questions and applications
Plan recovery rooms for direct sunlight.
Field
Healthcare and nature
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card walch-2005-sunlight-analgesics) on 2026-11-09; the card finding was rewritten from the abstract. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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