Journal
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE
Volume 83, Issue 9, Pages 1004-1012Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000996
Keywords
depression and anxiety; mental health; executive function; cognitive bias; information processing; nap
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- General Research Fund (EdUHK) [18619616]
- Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR
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Accumulating evidence suggests a bidirectional relationship between sleep problems and depression, and this study found that improved sleep quality, especially in stage 2 sleep and related physiological factors, may enhance inhibitory control ability in individuals with depressive disorders when processing emotional information.
Objective: Accumulating evidence has suggested bidirectionality between sleep problems and depression, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. We assessed the role of sleep in inhibitory control ability with emotional stimuli, which has been shown to be suboptimal among individuals with depression and proposed to perpetuate depressive symptoms. Methods: Emerging adults (aged 18-25 years, 64.6% female) were screened for depressive and other mental disorders by structured clinical interview and questionnaire. Individuals with depressive disorders were assigned to have a polysomnography-monitored daytime sleep opportunity (Sleep-Dep, n = 20), whereas nondepressed individuals were randomized to either have daytime sleep (Sleep-Ctrl, n = 27) or stay awake (Wake-Ctrl, n = 18). Participants completed the Affective Go/No-Go Task two times, separated by experimental conditions. Results: A factorial model with a between-subject factor (Sleep-Dep/Sleep-Ctrl/Wake-Ctrl) and a within-subject factor (test 1/test 2) was used to assess if the groups differed in inhibitory control across test sessions, as inferred by changes in d-prime and false alarm rates (FA). Results from mixed factorial models showed a significant interaction effect between time and group on FA in the block with neutral faces as the target and happy faces as the nontarget (F(2,61) = 5.15, p(fdr) = .045). Although Sleep-Dep had decreased FA after sleep (t(19) = 2.94, p(fdr) = .050), Sleep-Ctrl and Wake-Ctrl had no significant between-session changes (p values > .05). Postsleep improvement in FA in Sleep-Dep correlated with longer stage 2 sleep (r(20) = 0.788, p(fd)(r) < .001) and stage 2 fast spindle number at O1 (r(18) = 0.692, p(fdr) = .015). Conclusions: Sleep gain, particularly stage 2 sleep and related physiology, potentially enhances inhibitory control ability responding to emotional information among individuals with depressive disorders.
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