scholarly journals Sociodemographic, health and lifestyle, sampling and, mental health determinants of 24-hour motor activity patterns (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Difrancesco ◽  
Harriëtte Riese ◽  
Kathleen R. Merikangas ◽  
Haochang Shou ◽  
Vadim Zipunnikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Motor Activity ◽  
Daily Activity ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Older Age ◽  
Functional Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Severity Of Depression

BACKGROUND Analysing actigraphy data using standard circadian parametric models and aggregated nonparametric indices may obscure temporal information that may be a hallmark of the circadian impairment in psychiatric disorders. Functional data analysis (FDA) may overcome such limitations by fully exploiting the richness of actigraphy data and revealing important relationships with mental health outcomes. To our knowledge, no studies have extensively used FDA to study the relationship between sociodemographic, health and lifestyle, sampling and psychiatric clinical characteristics and daily motor activity patterns assessed with actigraphy in a sample of individuals with and without depression/anxiety. OBJECTIVE We study the association of daily motor activity patterns assessed via actigraphy with (1) sociodemographic, health and lifestyle and, sampling factors; (2) psychiatric clinical characteristics (i.e., presence and severity of depression/anxiety disorders). METHODS 14-day continuous actigraphy data of 359 participants with current (n=93), remitted (n=176) or no (n=90) DSM-IV based depression/anxiety diagnosis was obtained from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety. The associations of patterns of daily motor activity, quantified via Functional Principal Component analysis (fPCA), and sociodemographic, health and lifestyle and, sampling factors and psychiatric clinical characteristics, were assessed using Generalized Estimating Equation regressions. For exploratory purpose, function-on-Scalar Regression (FoSR) was applied to quantify the temporal impact of sociodemographic, health and lifestyle, sampling and psychiatric clinical characteristics on daily motor activity. RESULTS Four features of daily activity patterns captured the overall daily activity level (fPCA1, 34.3% variability), earlier versus later morning activity (fPCA2, 16.5% variability), biphasic versus monophasic activity (fPCA3, 14.8% variability), earlier versus later biphasic activity (fPCA4, 11.8% variability). Low overall daily activity level was associated with several sociodemographic, lifestyle, sampling and psychopathology variables (P<0.05): older age, higher education level, higher BMI, higher number of chronic diseases, higher number of cigarettes per day, non-working/school days, winter season, having current depressive/anxiety disorders, higher depressive symptom severity. Earlier morning activity was associated with older age, having a partner, work/school days, autumn and spring (ref. winter) (P<0.05). Monophasic activity was associated with older age (P<0.01). Biphasic activity was associated with work/school days, summer (ref. winter) (P<0.01). Earlier biphasic activity was associated with older age, work/school days, spring and summer (ref. winter) (P<0.01). In FoSR analyses, age, working and season were the main determinants having an impact on time of daily motor activity (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Features of daily motor activity extracted with fPCA reflect commonly studied factors such as the intensity of daily activity and preference for morningness/eveningness. Presence and severity of depression/anxiety disorders was found to mainly impact on overall lower activity pattern but not on time of activity. Age, working and season were most strongly associated with patterns and time of activity; future epidemiological studies on motor activity in depression/anxiety may take these into account.

scholarly journals Anxiety disorders in a public mental health system: Clinical characteristics and service use patterns

2007 ◽  
Vol 104 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 179-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Loebach Wetherell ◽  
Daniel S. Kim ◽  
Laurie A. Lindamer ◽  
Steven R. Thorp ◽  
William Hawthorne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Health System ◽  
Mental Health System ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Public Mental Health System ◽  
Use Patterns

Age-related patterns in mental health-related complementary and alternative medicine utilization in Canada

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Crabb ◽  
John Hunsley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Older Age ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

ABSTRACTBackground: The aim of this study was to examine whether age-related differences in rates of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) specifically for mental health problems parallel well-known age-related differences in use of conventional mental health services and medications.Methods: A sample of middle-aged (45–64 years; n = 10,762), younger-old (65–74; n = 4,113) and older-old adults (75 years and older; n = 3,623) was drawn from the 2001–2002 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), Cycle 1.2, Mental Health and Wellbeing. Age-related utilization rates of conventional and complementary mental health services and medications/products were calculated. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine the strength of association between age group and utilization of services and medications or products in the context of other important sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.Results: When considered in the context of other sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, older age was positively associated with mental health-related utilization of alternative health products. Older age was not significantly associated with mental health-related consultations with CAM providers.Conclusions: Overall, age-related patterns in mental health-related use of CAM did not directly correspond to age-related patterns in conventional mental health care utilization, suggesting different sets of predictors involved in seeking each type of care.

scholarly journals Feeding Cannabidiol (CBD)-Containing Treats Did Not Affect Canine Daily Voluntary Activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Morris ◽  
Susanna E. Kitts-Morgan ◽  
Dawn M. Spangler ◽  
Jessica Gebert ◽  
Eric S. Vanzant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Daily Activity ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Quiet Time ◽  
Voluntary Activity ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Activity Duration

Growing public interest in the use of cannabidiol (CBD) for companion animals has amplified the need to elucidate potential impacts. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the influence of CBD on the daily activity of adult dogs. Twenty-four dogs (18.0 ± 3.4 kg, 9 months−4 years old) of various mixed breeds were utilized in a randomized complete block design with treatments targeted at 0 and 2.5 mg (LOW) and at 5.0 mg (HIGH) CBD/kg body weight (BW) per day split between two treats administered after twice-daily exercise (0700–0900 and 1,700–1,900 h). Four hours each day [1,000–1,200 h (a.m.) and 1,330–1,530 h (p.m.)] were designated as times when no people entered the kennels, with 2 h designated as Quiet time and the other 2 h as Music time, when calming music played over speakers. Quiet and Music sessions were randomly allotted to daily a.m. or p.m. times. Activity monitors were fitted to dogs' collars for continuous collection of activity data. Data were collected over a 14-day baseline period to establish the activity patterns and block dogs by activity level (high or low) before randomly assigning dogs within each block to treatments. After 7 days of treatment acclimation, activity data were collected for 14 days. Data were examined for differences using the MIXED procedure in SAS including effects of treatment, day, session (Quiet or Music), time of day (a.m. or p.m.), and accompanying interactions. CBD (LOW and HIGH) did not alter the total daily activity points (P = 0.985) or activity duration (P = 0.882). CBD tended (P = 0.071) to reduce total daily scratching compared with the control. Dogs were more active in p.m. sessions than in a.m. sessions (P &lt; 0.001). During the p.m. session, dogs receiving HIGH tended (P = 0.091) to be less active than the control (CON). During the a.m. and p.m. sessions, CBD reduced scratching compared with CON (P = 0.030). CBD did not affect the activity duration during exercise periods (P = 0.143). These results indicate that, when supplemented with up to 4.5 mg CBD/kg BW/day, CBD does not impact the daily activity of adult dogs, but may exert an antipruritic effect.

scholarly journals Effect of sex, age, and reproductive status on daily activity levels and activity patterns in jaguars (Panthera onca)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski ◽  
Ilad Vivas ◽  
Maria Abarca ◽  
Margarita Lampo ◽  
Luis G. Morales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activity Pattern ◽  
Daily Activity ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Reproductive Status ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Movement Activity ◽  
Daily Movement ◽  
Reproductive Females

AbstractAll animals, including carnivores, adapt their daily activity duration and distribution to satisfy food demands, breed, or avoid mortality risk. We used the kernel density method to estimate daily movement activity levels and movement activity patterns of jaguars in Hato Piñero, in Venezuelan Western Llanos, based on 3,656 jaguar detection time records from two and a half years of camera trapping. Jaguars were active for 11.7 h per day on average and exhibited mostly nocturnal and crepuscular activity pattern, however, with marked differences between sex/age/reproductive groups. Reproductive females had the highest daily activity level (13.2 h/day), followed by adult males (10.9 h/day), non-reproductive females (10.5 h/day), and cubs (8.7 h/day). Activity patterns also differed, with males and reproductive females having activity peaks at the same hours after sunset and before sunrise, cubs in the night and after sunrise, while non-reproductive females were most active during night hours. This study was the first to document the effect of sex, age, and reproductive status on daily level and activity pattern in the jaguar.

Longitudinal Daily Activity Patterns in Individuals With Heart Failure: Derivation and Association With Prognosis and Clinical Characteristics

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Shoemaker ◽  
Amy B. Curtis ◽  
Rajib Paul ◽  
Michael G. Dickinson ◽  
Alyssa Polso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Daily Activity ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Daily Activity Patterns

scholarly journals Temperamental Dimension and Anxiety Problems in a Clinical Sample of Three- to Six-year old Children: A Study of Variables

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Laredo ◽  
María Claustre Jané ◽  
Ferran Viñas ◽  
Mercé Mitjavila ◽  
Ester Pla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Child Psychopathology ◽  
Mental Health Center ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Diagnostic Interviews ◽  
Low Activity

In the last few years, many researchers have studied the presence of common dimensions of temperament in subjects with symptoms of anxiety. The aim of this study is to examine the association between temperamental dimensions (high negative affect and activity level) and anxiety problems in clinical preschool children. A total of 38 children, ages 3 to 6 years, from the Infant and Adolescent Mental Health Center of Girona and the Center of Diagnosis and Early Attention of Sabadell and Olot were evaluated by parents and psychologists. Their parents completed several screening scales and, subsequently, clinical child psychopathology professionals carried out diagnostic interviews with children from the sample who presented signs of anxiety. Findings showed that children with high levels of negative affect and low activity level have pronounced symptoms of anxiety. However, children with anxiety disorders do not present different temperament styles from their peers without these pathologies.

scholarly journals Activity Rhythms of Coexisting Red Serow and Chinese Serow at Mt. Gaoligong as Identified by Camera Traps

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixin Chen ◽  
Zhishu Xiao ◽  
Long Zhang ◽  
Xinwen Wang ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Daily Activity ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Activity Rhythms ◽  
And Behavior

Surveying the activity rhythms of sympatric herbivorous mammals is essential for understanding their niche ecology, especially for how they partition resources and their mechanisms of coexistence. Over a five-year period, we conducted infrared camera-trapping to monitor the activity rhythms of coexisting red serow (Capricornis rubidus) and Chinese serow (C. milneedwardsii milneedwardsii) in the remote mountainous region of Pianma, Mt. Gaoligong, Yunnan, China. Cameras captured images of red serow and Chinese serow on 157 and 179 occasions, respectively. We used circular kernel density models to analyze daily activity rhythms and how temporal variations in activity ensure their co-existence. Although their overall activity levels and patterns were similar, temporal activity and behavior partitioning among the two species occurred during the wet season. Compared with Chinese serows, red serows exhibited less variable daily activity levels, patterns, as well as feeding and vigilance behaviors between seasons. When the two species occasionally ranged together, red serows tended to alter their activity pattern while Chinese serows significantly increased their activity level. Red serow and Chinese serow are exploitative competitors but coexist by altering their daily activity rhythms when in contact and changing activity patterns during the wet season, enabling their coexistence.

scholarly journals Sociodemographic, health and lifestyle, sampling and, mental health determinants of 24-hour motor activity patterns: an Observational Study (Preprint)

10.2196/20700 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Difrancesco ◽  
Harriëtte Riese ◽  
Kathleen R. Merikangas ◽  
Haochang Shou ◽  
Vadim Zipunnikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Motor Activity ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Health Determinants
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