The characteristics of rapid eye movement sleep of depressed patients and its correlation with severity degree of depression
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2011.05.012
- VernacularTitle:抑郁症患者快动眼睡眠特征及其与抑郁水平的相关性
- Author:
Xueyu LV
;
Yanjiao LIU
;
Weidong WANG
;
Meng JING
;
Yingna LIN
;
Fang WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Polysomnography;
Rapid eye movement;
Correlation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2011;20(5):418-420
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the characteristics of polysomnography (PSG) of depressed patients and the correlation between rapid eye movement (REM) and severity degree of depression. Methods Polysomnography was used to assess patients'sleep condition and Montgomery-Asberg depression scale (MADRS) was used to assess the severity degree of depression. 90 patients and 30 healthy controls were included. Results Compared to healthy controls,sleep progress of depressed patients changed as follow:prolonged sleep latency((25.2 ±15.25) minutes) ,lowered sleep efficiency(0.853 ±0.11) ;the architecture of sleep also changed:percentage of stage 1 increased( (27.7 ± 16.38) % ),percentage of REM sleep increased( (22. 8 ± 6. 1 ) % ) , percentage of stage 2 decreased ((40.2±11.3)%), percentage of slow wave sleep decreased ((11.8 ±9. 32)%); REM sleep significantly changed; decreased REM latency((79. 27 ±30. 44) minutes) , increased REM activity((129. 0 ±53. 12) u) .increased intensity of REM((36.7 ±14.0)u/min), increased REM density((159.2 ±57.2)u/min) were observed in depressed patients. There was no obvious correlation between the variance of REM and severity degree of depression. Conclusion There are a series of changes in sleep progress, architecture and REM sleep of depression and the change of REM sleep can be specified to diagnose depression. However,there is no causality between REM variance and severity of depression.
