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  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry
  • Chronobiology

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  • Bipolar disorder (BD) is a recurrent mood disorder characterized by episodes of mania, depression, and euthymia.
  • Sleep disturbances are frequently reported by patients with BD, often preceding mood episodes.
  • Identifying early warning signs of mood recurrence is crucial for effective management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if daily sleep patterns can differentiate between the prodromal stage of mood episodes and euthymia in patients with bipolar disorder.
  • To explore the role of both mean changes and variability in sleep patterns as predictors of mood episodes.

Main Methods:

  • The BipoSense study followed 29 participants with BD for one year.
  • Participants used an app to log hourly sleep/wake status, supplemented by fortnightly clinical assessments.
  • Multilevel logistic regression models analyzed sleep data, with Bonferroni-Holm corrections for multiple comparisons.

Main Results:

  • Waking up later was associated with prodromal depression.
  • Increased variability in sleep duration, time in bed, and wake-up time correlated with prodromal depression.
  • Decreased variability in sleep onset and wake-up times was linked to prodromal (hypo)mania.

Conclusions:

  • Self-reported sleep changes, especially variability, show potential for identifying early warning signs of mood recurrence in bipolar disorder.
  • These findings suggest sleep tracking could be a valuable tool for patients and clinicians.
  • Further research is needed to validate these explorative findings.