Impaired neurobehavioral alertness quantified by the psychomotor vigilance task is associated with depression in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort study

• Published in: Sleep medicine Vol. 67; pp. 66 - 70
• Main Authors: Plante, David T., Hagen, Erika W., Ravelo, Laurel A., Peppard, Paul E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Attention - physiology; Cohort; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Depression - diagnosis; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence - complications; Female; Humans; Hypersomnolence; Male; Middle Aged; Psychomotor Disorders - diagnosis; Psychomotor Disorders - etiology; Psychomotor vigilance task; Reaction Time - physiology; Sleepiness; Wisconsin; Wisconsin; Depression; Cohort; Hypersomnolence; Sleepiness; Psychomotor vigilance task

Excessive daytime sleepiness plays an important role in the presentation and course of mood disorders. Standard objective measures of daytime sleep propensity are of little to no value in depressive illness. This study examined the psychomotor vigilance task (PVT), an objective measure of neurobehav...