Department of Psychiatry, Escola Paulista de Medicina, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. elizafinazzi @ uol.com.br
Neuropsychobiology. 2010;61(1):33-40. doi: 10.1159/000262178. Epub 2009 Nov 26.
The present study investigated the association between motor activity and severity of depression in 6 depressed adolescent outpatients.
Motor activity was assessed by actigraphy and the severity of depression was assessed weekly using the CDRS-R. The levels of motor activity were analyzed by considering activity parameters.
Among the parameters of motor activity studied, the mean total activity, the mean 24-hour activity levels, the mean waking activity, and the mean activity level between 12:00 and 18:00 h were inversely correlated with severity of depression. The means of the 10 most active hours tended toward a negative correlation with the depressive severity score.
The results seem to suggest an association between motor activity level and severity of depression in adolescents. Nevertheless, in order to reach a more conclusive understanding, it would be necessary to replicate this study using a larger number of individuals as well as a longer observation period.
本研究旨在调查 6 名抑郁青少年门诊患者的运动活动与抑郁严重程度之间的关系。
通过动作记录仪评估运动活动,每周使用 CDRS-R 评估抑郁严重程度。通过考虑活动参数来分析运动活动水平。
在所研究的运动活动参数中,平均总活动量、平均 24 小时活动水平、平均清醒活动量和平均 12:00 至 18:00 之间的活动水平与抑郁严重程度呈负相关。最活跃的 10 小时的平均值似乎与抑郁严重程度评分呈负相关。
结果似乎表明青少年的运动活动水平与抑郁严重程度之间存在关联。然而,为了得出更具结论性的理解,有必要使用更多的个体以及更长的观察期来重复这项研究。