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Motor activity rhythm in dementia with delirium
Author(s) -
HONMA HIROSHI,
KOHSAKA MASAKO,
SUZUKI IHOKO,
FUKUDA NORIKO,
KOBAYASHI RIKO,
SAKAKIBARA SATOSHI,
MATUBARA SHIGEHIRO,
KOYAMA TUKASA
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb01027.x
Subject(s) - dementia , delirium , rhythm , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , motor activity , psychology , neuroscience , audiology , psychiatry , disease
Using an actigraph, the activity patterns in 13 demented patients with delirium were examined. We analyzed the data of the eight patients, wearing the actigraphs for more than 10 days. They were classified into four types:type A, nocturnal delirium type; type B, wandering type; type C, hypobulia type; and type D, lying down type. The day to day activity variation was most prominent in type A and seemingly the least in type B. The dominant period of activity rhythm was nearly 24 h in all cases. Additional 12‐h period was observed in type C. Actigraphs might become useful in making therapeutic decisions regarding demented patients with delirium.