Schizophrenia patients with predominantly positive symptoms have more disturbed sleep-wake cycles measured by actigraphy

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-66

  Afonso, Pedro ^a   Brissos, Sofia ^a   Figueira, Maria Luísa ^b   Paiva, Teresa ^b  

^a Lisbon's Psychiatric Hospitalar Centre   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Negative symptoms; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; Quality of life; Sleep wake rhythm

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLOZAPINE; DIAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 80051694449     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.12.031     Document Type: Article

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