Cited by 31Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMental Health Research TopicsNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring

The usability of daytime and night-time heart rate dynamics as digital biomarkers of depression severity

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Siddi, S., Bailon, R., Giné-Vázquez, I., Matcham, F., Lamers, F., Kontaxis, S., Laporta, E., Garcia, E. +24 more·2023·Psychological Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Alterations in heart rate (HR) may provide new information about physiological signatures of depression severity. This 2-year study in individuals with a history of recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD) explored the intra-individual variations in HR parameters and their relationship with depression severity. METHODS: Data from 510 participants (Number of observations of the HR parameters = 6666) were collected from three centres in the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK, as a part of the remote assessment of disease and relapse-MDD study. We analysed the relationship between depression severity, assessed every 2 weeks with the Patient Health Questionnaire-8, with HR parameters in the week before the assessment, such as HR features during all day, resting periods during the day and at night, and activity periods during the day evaluated with a wrist-worn Fitbit device. Linear mixed models were used with random intercepts for participants and countries. Covariates included in the models were age, sex, BMI, smoking and alcohol consumption, antidepressant use and co-morbidities with other medical health conditions. RESULTS: Decreases in HR variation during resting periods during the day were related with an increased severity of depression both in univariate and multivariate analyses. Mean HR during resting at night was higher in participants with more severe depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that alterations in resting HR during all day and night are associated with depression severity. These findings may provide an early warning of worsening depression symptoms which could allow clinicians to take responsive treatment measures promptly.

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Siddi, S., Bailon, R., Giné-Vázquez, I., Matcham, F., Lamers, F., Kontaxis, S., Laporta, E., Garcia, E., Lombardini, F., Annas, P., Hotopf, M., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Ivan, A., White, K. M., Difrancesco, S., Locatelli, P., Aguiló, J., Peñarrubia-Maria, M. T., Narayan, V. A., Folarin, A., Leightley, D., Cummins, N., Vairavan, S., Ranjan, Y., Rintala, A., de Girolamo, G., Simblett, S. K., Wykes, T., members, P., Myin-Germeys, I., Dobson, R., & Haro, J. M.
Affiliations
  • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (ES)
  • University of Sussex (GB)
  • Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
  • Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
  • Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (ES)
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
  • Lundbeck (Denmark) (DK)
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
  • University of Bergamo (IT)
  • Janssen Research & Development (United States) (US)
  • LAB University of Applied Sciences (FI)
  • KU Leuven (BE)
Corresponding author
Siddi, S.
Venue
Psychological Medicine
Published
2023-05-15
Volume
53
Issue
8
Pages
3249-3260
ISSN
  • 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8978
OpenAlex
W4376616421
Cited by
31
References
77
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 3
FWCI
6.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Psychological Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (acceptedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • Zaguan (Universidad de Zaragoza) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • NHS Blood and Transplant
  • South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  • European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
  • Alzheimer's Society
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0514-10028)
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • King's College London
  • European Commission (115902, HORIZON2020)
  • ZonMw
  • King's Health Partners
  • Innovative Medicines Initiative (115902)
  • Institut Català de la Salut
  • GIESKES-STRIJBIS FONDS
  • NIHR BioResource
  • NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
  • Medical Research Council (MC_PC_17214)
  • Health Data Research UK
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
Keywords
heart rate dynamics, digital biomarkers, depression severity, major depressive disorder, resting heart rate, nocturnal heart rate, within-person variability, wearable devices, Fitbit
MeSH terms
Antidepressive Agents, Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Heart Rate, Humans, Biomarkers

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