Ayse Selin Cakmak, Erick Andres Perez Alday, Giulia Da Poian, Ali Bahrami Rad, Thomas J Metzler, Thomas C Neylan, Stacey L House, Francesca L Beaudoin, Xinming An, Jennifer Stevens, Donglin Zeng, Sarah D Linnstaedt, Tanja Jovanovic, Laura T Germine, Kenneth A Bollen, Scott L Rauch, Christopher Lewandowski, Phyllis L Hendry, Sophia Sheikh, Allan B Storrow, Paul I Musey, John P Haran, Christopher W Jones, Brittany E Punches, Robert A Swor, Nina T Gentile, Meghan E Mcgrath, Mark J Seamon, Kamran Mohiuddin, Anna M Chang, Claire Pearson, Robert M Domeier, Steven E Bruce, Brian J O'Neil, Niels K Rathlev, Leon D Sanchez, Robert H Pietrzak, Jutta Joormann, Deanna M Barch, Diego Pizzagalli, Steven E Harte, James M Elliott, Karestan C Koenen, Kerry J Ressler, Ronald Kessler, Qiao Li, Samuel A Mclean, Gari D Clifford
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric condition resulting from threatening or horrifying events. We hypothesized that circadian rhythm changes, measured by a wrist-worn research watch are predictive of post-trauma outcomes. APPROACH: 1618 post-trauma patients were enrolled after admission to emergency departments (ED). Three standardized questionnaires were administered at week eight to measure post-trauma outcomes related to PTSD, sleep disturbance, and pain interference with daily life...
January 22, 2021: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics