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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Bipolar disorder (BD) frequently involves sleep disturbances across mood states.
  • Sleep changes often precede manic or depressive episodes in BD patients.
  • Early identification of sleep changes could aid in relapse prevention strategies for BD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review existing literature on the relationship between sleep changes and mood in bipolar disorder.
  • To synthesize findings regarding sleep-mood correlations and their predictive value in BD.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature search across Embase, APA PsychINFO, and MEDLINE databases.
  • Adherence to PRISMA guidelines and PROSPERO registration (CRD42023405950).
  • Narrative synthesis of findings, with risk of bias assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.

Main Results:

  • 17 publications from 13 studies were included, identifying nine sleep-mood relationship categories.
  • Increased sleep duration, earlier sleep onset, and later wake-up times were associated with subsequent depressive mood.
  • Conversely, changes towards shorter sleep duration and altered sleep timing predicted manic mood states.

Conclusions:

  • Sleep pattern alterations appear to be reliable early warning signs for mood changes in bipolar disorder.
  • These sleep changes can potentially be leveraged as a preventive strategy for both patients and clinicians.
  • High heterogeneity among studies limited the possibility of conducting a meta-analysis.