Sleep in Offspring of Parents With Mood Disorders
Background: Sleep problems in childhood are an early predictor of mood disorders among individuals at high familial risk. However, the majority of the research has focused on sleep disturbances in already diagnosed individuals and has largely neglected investigating potential differences between wee...
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| author | Delainey L. Wescott Delainey L. Wescott Jessica Morash-Conway Alyson Zwicker Alyson Zwicker Jill Cumby Rudolf Uher Rudolf Uher Rudolf Uher Benjamin Rusak Benjamin Rusak Benjamin Rusak |
| author_facet | Delainey L. Wescott Delainey L. Wescott Jessica Morash-Conway Alyson Zwicker Alyson Zwicker Jill Cumby Rudolf Uher Rudolf Uher Rudolf Uher Benjamin Rusak Benjamin Rusak Benjamin Rusak |
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| description | Background: Sleep problems in childhood are an early predictor of mood disorders among individuals at high familial risk. However, the majority of the research has focused on sleep disturbances in already diagnosed individuals and has largely neglected investigating potential differences between weeknight and weekend sleep in high-risk offspring. This study examined sleep parameters in offspring of parents with major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder during both weeknights and weekends.Methods: We used actigraphy, sleep diaries, and questionnaires to measure several sleep characteristics in 73 offspring aged 4–19 years: 23 offspring of a parent with major depressive disorder, 22 offspring of a parent with bipolar disorder, and 28 control offspring.Results: Offspring of parents with major depressive disorder slept, on average, 26 min more than control offspring on weeknights (95% confidence interval, 3 to 49 min, p = 0.027). Offspring of parents with bipolar disorder slept, on average, 27 min more on weekends than on weeknights compared to controls, resulting in a significant family history × weekend interaction (95% confidence interval, 7 to 47 min, p = 0.008).Conclusions: Sleep patterns in children and adolescents were related to the psychiatric diagnosis of their parent(s). Future follow-up of these results may clarify the relations between early sleep differences and the risk of developing mood disorders in individuals at high familial risk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1178767d9b274e72bb8220c6c8862b532022-12-22T01:15:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402019-04-011010.3389/fpsyt.2019.00225453099Sleep in Offspring of Parents With Mood DisordersDelainey L. Wescott0Delainey L. Wescott1Jessica Morash-Conway2Alyson Zwicker3Alyson Zwicker4Jill Cumby5Rudolf Uher6Rudolf Uher7Rudolf Uher8Benjamin Rusak9Benjamin Rusak10Benjamin Rusak11Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaDepartment of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaNova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, CanadaNova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, CanadaDepartment of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaNova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, CanadaDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaDepartment of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaNova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, CanadaDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaDepartment of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaNova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, CanadaBackground: Sleep problems in childhood are an early predictor of mood disorders among individuals at high familial risk. However, the majority of the research has focused on sleep disturbances in already diagnosed individuals and has largely neglected investigating potential differences between weeknight and weekend sleep in high-risk offspring. This study examined sleep parameters in offspring of parents with major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder during both weeknights and weekends.Methods: We used actigraphy, sleep diaries, and questionnaires to measure several sleep characteristics in 73 offspring aged 4–19 years: 23 offspring of a parent with major depressive disorder, 22 offspring of a parent with bipolar disorder, and 28 control offspring.Results: Offspring of parents with major depressive disorder slept, on average, 26 min more than control offspring on weeknights (95% confidence interval, 3 to 49 min, p = 0.027). Offspring of parents with bipolar disorder slept, on average, 27 min more on weekends than on weeknights compared to controls, resulting in a significant family history × weekend interaction (95% confidence interval, 7 to 47 min, p = 0.008).Conclusions: Sleep patterns in children and adolescents were related to the psychiatric diagnosis of their parent(s). Future follow-up of these results may clarify the relations between early sleep differences and the risk of developing mood disorders in individuals at high familial risk.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00225/fullsleepsevere mental illnessmajor depressive disorderbipolar disorderactigraphyhigh-risk offspring |
| spellingShingle | Delainey L. Wescott Delainey L. Wescott Jessica Morash-Conway Alyson Zwicker Alyson Zwicker Jill Cumby Rudolf Uher Rudolf Uher Rudolf Uher Benjamin Rusak Benjamin Rusak Benjamin Rusak Sleep in Offspring of Parents With Mood Disorders Frontiers in Psychiatry sleep severe mental illness major depressive disorder bipolar disorder actigraphy high-risk offspring |
| title | Sleep in Offspring of Parents With Mood Disorders |
| title_full | Sleep in Offspring of Parents With Mood Disorders |
| title_fullStr | Sleep in Offspring of Parents With Mood Disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sleep in Offspring of Parents With Mood Disorders |
| title_short | Sleep in Offspring of Parents With Mood Disorders |
| title_sort | sleep in offspring of parents with mood disorders |
| topic | sleep severe mental illness major depressive disorder bipolar disorder actigraphy high-risk offspring |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00225/full |
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