Using heart rate profiles during sleep as a biomarker of depression.

Journal: BMC psychiatry
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Abnormalities in heart rate during sleep linked to impaired neuro-cardiac modulation may provide new information about physiological sleep signatures of depression. This study assessed the validity of an algorithm using patterns of heart rate changes during sleep to discriminate between individuals with depression and healthy controls.

Authors

  • Mysa Saad
    Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
  • Laura B Ray
    Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
  • Brad Bujaki
    Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
  • Amir Parvaresh
    Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
  • Iryna Palamarchuk
    Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
  • Joseph De Koninck
    School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada. Electronic address: jdekonin@uottawa.ca.
  • Alan Douglass
    Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
  • Elliott K Lee
    Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
  • Louis J Soucy
    Sleep Clinic, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
  • Stuart Fogel
    Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
  • Charles M Morin
    Centre d'étude des troubles du sommeil, Centre de recherche de l'institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, 2525 boulevard de la Canardière, Québec, QC, G1J 2G3, Canada.
  • Célyne Bastien
    School of Psychology, Université Laval, 2325 rue des Bibliothèques, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
  • Zul Merali
    Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
  • Rébecca Robillard
    Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada. rebecca.robillard@uottawa.ca.