A Televised, Web-Based Randomised Trial of an Herbal Remedy (Valerian) for Insomnia

Andrew D. Oxman; Signe Flottorp; Kari Håvelsrud; Atle Fretheim; Jan Odgaard-Jensen; Astrid Austvoll-Dahlgren; Cheryl Carling; Ståle Pallesen; Bjørn Bjorvatn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001040

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A Televised, Web-Based Randomised Trial of an Herbal Remedy (Valerian) for Insomnia

Andrew D. Oxman ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: oxman@online.no

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
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Signe Flottorp,

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
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Kari Håvelsrud,

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
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Atle Fretheim,

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
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Jan Odgaard-Jensen,

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
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Astrid Austvoll-Dahlgren,

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
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Cheryl Carling,

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
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Ståle Pallesen,

Affiliations Norwegian Competence Center for Sleep Disorders, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Bjørn Bjorvatn

Affiliations Norwegian Competence Center for Sleep Disorders, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Section for General Practice, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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A Televised, Web-Based Randomised Trial of an Herbal Remedy (Valerian) for Insomnia

Andrew D. Oxman,
Signe Flottorp,
Kari Håvelsrud,
Atle Fretheim,
Jan Odgaard-Jensen,
Astrid Austvoll-Dahlgren,
Cheryl Carling,
Ståle Pallesen,
Bjørn Bjorvatn

Published: October 17, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001040

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Referee Comments: Referee 1

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 24 Oct 2007 at 16:38 GMT

Reviewer 1's Review

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This manuscript is excellent. All phases of the trial are thoroughly described: conception, design, conduct, analysis and report. This reviewer would like to congratulate the authors for their very innovative trial.

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N.B. These are the general comments made by the reviewer when reviewing this paper in light of which the manuscript was revised. Specific points addressed during revision of the paper are not shown.

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