Authors |
Year |
Location |
Findings |
Roy et al. [1] |
2017 |
Bangladesh |
The review suggested that in most of the cases, there is no relationship found between the health and full moon. |
Drake Jr [2] |
1992 |
Columbus |
Various aspects of lycanthropy that include medical and neuropsychiatry. Also it has been found that clinical description of illnesses that have a diabolic origin was a part of the evolution of Renaissance medicine to the scientifically based future from the Galenic past. |
Illis L [3] |
1964 |
UK |
Features of porphyria together with hypertrichosis fit well in the description of werewolves in the older literature. |
Tanaka et al. [4] |
2004 |
Japan |
The circadian variation observed in the Acute Myocardial Infarction is due to the increased incidences of rupture of the plaque in the morning. |
Wake et al. [5] |
2008 |
Japan |
The moon's gravitation can have an effect on the Acute Myocardial Infarction occurrence. |
Shuhaiber et al. [6] |
2013 |
USA |
Seasons showed following aortic dissection repair, no influence on mortality while the age of the patient significantly increases the odds of death. |
Jilek‐Aall [7] |
2005 |
Africa |
Constant efforts in health education in the view of organized treatment for epilepsy can change in the popular notions related to epilepsy. |
Baxendale et al. [8] |
2008 |
UK |
The brightness of the sky and the contribution that is made by the phases of the moon in nocturnal luminance may influence the epileptic seizures. |
Schnabel et al. [9] |
2000 |
Germany |
Hypothesis was not supported by the study that the sudden unexplained death in epilepsy has an association with geomagnetic activity. |
Benbadis et al. [10] |
2004 |
USA |
No effect of full moon on seizures at a whole was observed but there may be a possible effect on non-epileptic seizures. |
Wang et al. [11] |
2022 |
Australia |
Lunar cycles do not influence the first unprovoked seizures. |
Bell et al. [12] |
2010 |
UK |
No association was found in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and month, season or lunar phase. |
Liu et al. [13] |
2022 |
China |
Circadian rhythm has an important role in seizure activities. |
Bunevicius et al. [14] |
2017 |
Lithuania |
Incidences of intracranial aneurysm rupture is not related to moon phases are not. |
Gupta et al. [15] |
2019 |
Switzerland |
No evidence supports the belief that moon influences our mental health. |
Calver et al. [16] |
2009 |
NSW |
Disturbances in the behaviour were observed more during the full moon. |
Biermann et al. [17] |
2005 |
Germany |
No evidence suggested a possible relation between lunar phase and suicide. |
Maslov [18] |
2022 |
Russia |
The admission frequency did not differ significantly in the various phases of moon. |
Wilkinson et al. [19] |
1997 |
UK |
The moon had little effect, when patients consulted their general practitioner with depression or anxiety. |
Parmeshwaran et al. [20] |
1999 |
India |
A link between the full moon and non-affective psychoses has been demonstrated. |
McLay et al. [21] |
2006 |
USA |
Lunar phase was not associated in any significant way to the admissions in psychiatry. |
Arliss et al. [22] |
2005 |
USA |
No influence of lunar cycle was observed on deliveries and complication. |
Bharati et al. [23] |
2012 |
India |
The observation of the study did not support the hypothesis of an association of lunar cycle and frequency of deliveries. |
Ghiandoni et al. [24] |
1998 |
Italy |
The study showed the impact of lunar phase on the time of delivery. |
Ghiandoni et al. [25] |
1998 |
Italy |
A relation between lunar phases and distribution of spontaneous deliveries was found. |
Joshi et al. [26] |
1998 |
USA |
There was nothing that suggested that when the full moon approaches, the number of births increases. |
Cutler [27] |
1980 |
California |
Women with irregular cycles tend to ovulate in the dark phase. |
Komada et al. [28] |
2021 |
Japan |
There was no connection found between the onset of the menstrual cycle and lunar phases, but in the dark period menstrual cycle onset was linked with the worsening of the subsequent subjective sleep quality. |
Röösli et al. [29] |
2006 |
Switzerland |
There was an association of the rating of fatigue in the morning with the lunar cycle, where full moon was related with more tiredness. |
Haba-Rubio et al. [30] |
2015 |
Switzerland |
There was no evidence that suggested a significant effect of lunar cycle on human sleep. |
Dvorak et al. [31] |
2000 |
Switzerland |
Most of the injuries occur mostly in the lower extremities, specifically in the ankles and in the knees. |
Yousfi et al. [32] |
2018 |
Tunisia |
Gravitational pull, full moon and the new moon have no significant effect on football injuries. |
Kollerstrom et al. [33] |
2003 |
UK |
Beliefs that lunar phase has a significant role to play during the time of stress. |
Wilson et al. [34] |
1990 |
USA |
The evidence did not support the lunar hypothesis regarding the crisis call. |
Byrnes et al. [35] |
1992 |
Canada |
There was nothing substantial to support the belief that lunar cycle has any relation with the frequency of crisis calls. |
Schuld et al. [36] |
2011 |
Germany |
Moon phases, zodiac signs, or Friday 13th does not impact the intra-operative blood loss or emergency frequencies. |
Ficklscherer et al. [37] |
2012 |
Germany |
A study was conducted to study the lunar cycle had any impact on the peri-operative complications in a total hip arthroplasty, but no evidence suggested the hypothesis. |