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. 2020 Aug 24;23(4):146–153. doi: 10.1136/ebmental-2020-300148

Table 4.

Estimated differences in sleep indices between patients with BD, UR and HC (n=366)

Model 1* Model 2*
BD UR HC BD/HC BD/UR UR/HC BD UR HC BD/HC BD/UR UR/HC
Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI P value P value P value Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI P value P value P value
Self-reported smartphone-based sleep
BD=203, UR=54, HR=109
Bedtime (hours:min) 00:25 00:15 to 00:34 23:59 23:41 to 00:16 23:52 23:39 to 00:05 <0.001 0.003 0.56 00:23 00:13 to 00:32 23:49 23:32 to 00:05 23:51 23:38 to 00:04 <0.001 <0.001 0.80
Wake-up time (hours:min) 08:21 08:11 to 08:30 7.53 7.35 to 8.11 7.40 7.26 to 7.54 <0.001 0.003 0.25 8.18 8.08 to 8.27 7.40 7.23 to 7.57 7.39 7.26 to 7.51 <0.001 <0.001 0.89
Mid-sleep (hours:min) 04:23 04:14 to 04:32 03:56 03:39 to 04:18 03:46 03:34 to 03:58 <0.001 0.001 0.36 04:21 04:12 to 04:29 03:45 03:29 to 04:00 3.45 3.33 to 3.56 <0.001 <0.001 0.99
Total sleep time (hours:min) 07:56 07:49 to 08:03 07:53 07:39 to 08:06 07:47 07:38 to 07:57 0.15 0.74 0.46 07:56 07:48 to 08:03 07:51 07:37 to 08:05 07:47 07:38 to 07:57 0.17 0.55 0.65
Total sleep time variability† (hours) 2.09 1.99 to 2.19 1.86 1.68 to 2.04 1.73 1.59 to 1.87 <0.001 0.014 0.26 2.10 2.00 to 2.20 1.80 1.63 to 1.98 1.77 1.63 to 1.90 <0.001 0.001 0.73
Wake-up after 08:00‡ 55.9 52.1 to 59.8 43.3 35.8 to 50.8 42.7 37.5 to 48.0 <0.001 0.002 0.90 57.4 53.7 to 61.2 40.1 33.1 to 47.2 45.0 40.1 to 50.0 <0.001 <0.001 0.26
Hours slept between 12:00 and 06:00 (hours:min)§ 04:59 04:53 to 05:05 05:15 05:05 to 05:25 05:24 05:16 to 05:32 <0.001 0.003 0.15 05:01 04:55 to 05:07 05:21 05:10 to 05:31 05:25 05:17 to 05:33 <0.001 <0.001 0.50
Daily variability in hours slept between 12:00 and 06:00¶ (hours) 1.47 1.38 to 1.56 1.22 1.05 to 1.40 1.30 1.18 to 1.43 0.032 0.011 0.46 1.50 1.41 to 1.59 1.16 1.00 to 1.33 1.36 1.24 to 1.47 0.042 0.001 0.063
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
BD=241, UR=81, HC=163
Total PSQI score** 8.66 8.23 to 9.09 5.13 4.36 to 5.90 3.81 3.26 to 4.36 <0.001 <0.001 0.006 8.56 8.12 to 8.99 5.01 4.24 to 5.78 3.77 3.22 to 4.32 <0.001 <0.001 0.011
Automatically smartphone-generated measures of sleep††
BD=71 UR=15, HC=32
Hours with screen turned off between 12:00 and 06:00 am 05:28 05:21 to 05:35 05:40 05:25 to 05:54 05:39 05:28 to 05:49 0.082 0.13 0.94 05:29 05:22 to 05:36 5.41 05:26 to 05:56 05:39 05:29 to 05:49 0.10 0.12 0.82
Variability in hours slept between 12:00 and 06:00 1.17 1.01 to 1.34 1.18 0.84 to 1.53 1.07 0.81 to 1.32 0.49 0.96 0.59 1.16 0.99 to 1.33 1.14 0.79 to 1.49 1.09 0.84 to 1.34 0.62 0.90 0.81
Screen turned on (number/daily between 12:00 and 06:00) 5.71 4.43 to 7.0 5.28 2.48 to 8.07 4.40 2.49 to 6.30 0.26 0.78 0.61 5.50 4.21 to 6.80 4.79 2.02 to 7.55 4.39 2.53 to 6.25 0.34 0.64 0.81
Sleep measures on HAMD and YMRS
BD=337, UR=91, HC=183
HAMD subitems 4–6 2.33 2.12 to 2.52 1.24 0.85 t o 1.63 0.67 0.40 to 0.95 <0.001 <0.001 0.019 2.26 2.05 to 2.46 1.17 0.79 to 1.56 0.65 0.38 to 0.92 <0.001 <0.001 0.029
YMRS subitem 4 0.39 0.31 to 0.46 0.14 −0.08 to 0.29 0.07 −0.03 to 0.17 <0.001 0.002 0.44 0.38 0.31 to 0.46 0.13 −0.02 to 0.27 0.08 −0.02 to 0.18 <0.001 0.002 0.61

*Model 1: Unadjusted, Model 2: Adjusted for age and sex.

†Day-to-day variability in sleep duration calculated by using the RMSSD score.

‡Proportion of days participants woke up after 08:00.

§Hours where the participants had self-reported sleep between12:00 and 06:00.

¶Day-to-day variability in hours slept between 12:00 and 06:00, calculated by using the RMSSD score.

**PSQI: the total score, all visits are used in the calculations.

††Automatically smartphone-generated sleep measures.

HAMD: sum of items 4–6 addressing sleep.

YMRS: subitem 4 addressing sleep.

BD, bipolar disorder; HAMD, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; HC, healthy control individuals; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; UC, unaffected first-degree relatives; YMRS, Young Mania Rating Scale.