Comparison of actigraphy with polysomnography and sleep logs in depressed insomniacs

Summary Actigraphy is increasingly used in the assessment and treatment of various clinical conditions, being a convenient and cost‐effective method of capturing bodily movements over long periods of time. This study examined the use of actigraphy in the measurement of sleep of patients with depress...

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Published in:Journal of sleep research 2012-02, Vol.21 (1), p.122-127
Main Authors: MCCALL, CATHERINE, MCCALL, W. VAUGHN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
actigraphy
Actigraphy - instrumentation
Actigraphy - methods
Adult
Comorbidity
depression
Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology
Depressive Disorder, Major - physiopathology
Female
Humans
insomnia
Male
Middle Aged
polysomnography
Polysomnography - instrumentation
Polysomnography - methods
Self Report
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sleep - physiology
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - diagnosis
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - epidemiology
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - physiopathology
sleep logs
Young Adult
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Summary:Summary Actigraphy is increasingly used in the assessment and treatment of various clinical conditions, being a convenient and cost‐effective method of capturing bodily movements over long periods of time. This study examined the use of actigraphy in the measurement of sleep of patients with depression and insomnia. Fifty‐four patients diagnosed with a current major depressive episode and chronic insomnia underwent a baseline overnight study with concurrent actigraphic and polysomnography (PSG) monitoring, as well as subjective sleep diaries. Agreement between PSG, actigraphy and sleep diary measurements was evaluated using two‐tailed t‐tests, Pearson’s correlations and the Bland–Altman concordance technique. The only significant difference found between actigraphy and PSG was in latency to persistent sleep, in which actigraphy underestimated sleep latency relative to PSG (P 
ISSN:0962-1105
1365-2869
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2869.2011.00917.x