Abstract

In order to monitor the state of patients in the psychotherapy department by assessing motor activity during their night sleep, we examined 16 patients of both sexes with diagnosis of a depressive episode and neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders. Data on motor activity during sleep were obtained and processed using a special information-analytical system with the following parameters: the number of movements, the maximum jerk magnitude and the coefficient of motor activity. It showed a high efficiency of monitoring the condition of patients in comparison with healthy people by assessing motor activity during their night sleep.

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