Variability of activity patterns across mood disorders and time of day.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few actigraphy studies in mood disorders have simultaneously included unipolar (UP) and bipolar (BD) depression or BD mixed states as a separate subgroup from mania. This study compared objectively measured activity in UP, BD depression, mania and mixed states and examined if patterns differed according to time of day and/or diagnostic group.

Methods

Eighty -eight acutely admitted inpatients with mood disorders (52 UP; 18 mania; 12 BD depression; 6 mixed states) underwent 24 hours of actigraphy monitoring. Non-parametric analyses were used to compare median activity level over 24 h (counts per minute), two time series (64-min periods of continuous motor activity) in the morning and evening, and variability in activity across and within groups.

Results

There

SUBMITTER: Krane-Gartiser K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5735510 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature