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. 2023 Nov 8;15(11):e48491. doi: 10.7759/cureus.48491

Table 1. Summary of Included Studies in the Review.

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.