Study of Sleep Inertia in Major Depressive Disorder by the Psychomotor Vigilance Task

Study of Sleep Inertia in Major Depressive Disorder by the Psychomotor Vigilance Task

Promoteur : Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Titre et résumé fournis en anglais par le registre source, reproduits sans traduction ni interprétation.

The study population comprises three groups of 30 analyzable participants: Patients with sleep inertia and Major Depressive Disorder, patients with Major Depressive Disorder but without sleep inertia, and controls without mood disorders or sleep inertia. Controls will be patients referred to the Sleep Disorders and Acupuncture Unit for polysomnography as part of the screening process for a sleep disorder. Only controls presenting an apnea-hypopnea index \< 15/h, a periodic leg movements index during sleep \< 15/h and a total sleep time ≥ 6 hours on the video-polysomnography will be analyzed.