Study of correlation between perceived sleep disturbances in depressed patients with objective changes in sleep architecture using polysomnography before and after antidepressant therapy

Authors

  • Ganesh Ingole Department of Psychiatry, Regional Mental Hospital, Yerwada, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Harpreet S. Dhillon Department of Psychiatry, 166 Military Hospital, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Bhupendra Yadav Department of Psychiatry, 5 Air Force Hospital, Jorhat, Assam, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20202894

Keywords:

Depression, Perceived sleep quality, Polysomnography, Sleep architecture

Abstract

Background: A prospective cohort study to correlate perceived sleep disturbances in depressed patients with objective changes in sleep architecture using polysomnography (PSG) before and after antidepressant therapy.

Methods: Patients were recruited into the study after applying strict inclusion and exclusion criterion to rule out other comorbidities which could influence sleep. A diagnosis of Depressive episode was made based on ICD-10 DCR. Psychometry, in the form of Beck Depressive inventory (BDI) and HAMD (Hamilton depression rating scale) insomnia subscale was applied on Day 1 of admission. Patients were subjected to sleep study on Day 03 of admission with Polysomnography. Patients were started on antidepressant treatment post Polysomnography. An adequate trial of antidepressants for 08 weeks was administered and BDI score ≤09 was taken as remission. Polysomnography was repeated post remission. Statistical analysis was performed using Kruskal Wallis test and Pearson correlation coefficient.

Results: The results showed positive (improvement) polysomnographic findings in terms of total sleep time, sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, percentage wake time and these findings were statistically significant. HAM-D Insomnia subscale was found to correlate with total sleep time, sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, total wake time and N2 Stage percentage.

Conclusions: Antidepressant treatment effectively improves sleep architecture in Depressive disorder and HAM-D Insomnia subscale correlates with objective findings of total sleep time, sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, total wake time and duration of N2 stage of NREM.

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2020-06-26

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Ingole, G., Dhillon, H. S., & Yadav, B. (2020). Study of correlation between perceived sleep disturbances in depressed patients with objective changes in sleep architecture using polysomnography before and after antidepressant therapy. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 8(7), 2551–2556. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20202894

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