Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disturbance in Remitted Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Nicholas Meyer, Sophie M Faulkner, Robert A McCutcheon, Toby Pillinger, Derk-Jan Dijk, James H MacCabe, Nicholas Meyer, Sophie M Faulkner, Robert A McCutcheon, Toby Pillinger, Derk-Jan Dijk, James H MacCabe

Abstract

Background: Sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances in schizophrenia are common, but incompletely characterized. We aimed to describe and compare the magnitude and heterogeneity of sleep-circadian alterations in remitted schizophrenia and compare them with those in interepisode bipolar disorder.

Methods: EMBASE, Medline, and PsycINFO were searched for case-control studies reporting actigraphic parameters in remitted schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Standardized and absolute mean differences between patients and controls were quantified using Hedges' g, and patient-control differences in variability were quantified using the mean-scaled coefficient of variation ratio (CVR). A wald-type test compared effect sizes between disorders.

Results: Thirty studies reporting on 967 patients and 803 controls were included. Compared with controls, both schizophrenia and bipolar groups had significantly longer total sleep time (mean difference [minutes] [95% confidence interval {CI}] = 99.9 [66.8, 133.1] and 31.1 [19.3, 42.9], respectively), time in bed (mean difference = 77.8 [13.7, 142.0] and 50.3 [20.3, 80.3]), but also greater sleep latency (16.5 [6.1, 27.0] and 2.6 [0.5, 4.6]) and reduced motor activity (standardized mean difference [95% CI] = -0.86 [-1.22, -0.51] and -0.75 [-1.20, -0.29]). Effect sizes were significantly greater in schizophrenia compared with the bipolar disorder group for total sleep time, sleep latency, and wake after sleep onset. CVR was significantly elevated in both diagnoses for total sleep time, time in bed, and relative amplitude.

Conclusions: In both disorders, longer overall sleep duration, but also disturbed initiation, continuity, and reduced motor activity were found. Common, modifiable factors may be associated with these sleep-circadian phenotypes and advocate for further development of transdiagnostic interventions that target them.

Keywords: SMI; accelerometry; actigraphy; psychosis; transdiagnostic.

© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center.

Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Summary of actigraphic sleep and circadian variables. Actigraphy measures the intensity of motor activity (represented by the dotted line) using a body-worn sensor. Sleep and wake periods are estimated from activity counts below and above a predetermined threshold, and a sleep diary or event marker button is used to record time into and out of bed.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Summary of standardized mean differences for all variables.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.
Summary of mean-scaled coefficient of variation ratio for all variables, log-transformed scale.

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