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Influence of chronotype on daily mood fluctuations: pilot study in patients with depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2020

Konstantin F. Brückmann Open the ORCID record for Konstantin F. Brückmann[Opens in a new window] ,
Jürgen Hennig ,
Matthias J. Müller ,
Stanislava Fockenberg ,
Anne-Marthe Schmidt ,
Nicole Cabanel  and
Bernd Kundermann
Konstantin F. Brückmann*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Sports Science, Center for Psychobiology and Behavioral Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University; and Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, VITOS, Germany
Jürgen Hennig
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Sports Science, Center for Psychobiology and Behavioral Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Germany
Matthias J. Müller
Affiliation:
Oberberg Group; and Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig University, Germany
Stanislava Fockenberg
Affiliation:
Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, VITOS, Germany
Anne-Marthe Schmidt
Affiliation:
Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, VITOS, Germany
Nicole Cabanel
Affiliation:
Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, VITOS; and Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg
Bernd Kundermann
Affiliation:
Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, VITOS; and Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
*
Correspondence: Konstantin Falk Brückmann. Email: k.brueckmann@hotmail.de
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Depression risk is associated with a late chronotype pattern often described as an ‘evening chronotype’. Fluctuations in mood over consecutive days have not yet been measured according to chronotype in in-patients with depression. A total of 30 in-patients with depression and 32 healthy controls matched for gender and age completed a chronotype questionnaire and twice-daily ratings on mood for 10 consecutive days (registered in the German Clinical Trials Register: DRKS00010215). The in-patients had Saturdays and Sundays as hospital-leave days. The relationship between chronotype and daily mood was mediated by the weekday–weekend schedule with higher levels of negative affect in the evening-chronotype patient subgroup at weekends. Results are discussed with respect to a probably advantageous standardised clinical setting with early morning routines, especially for patients with evening chronotypes.

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Chronotypedepressiondaily moodweek-weekend-differences
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BJPsych Open , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , March 2020 , e17
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2020

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