A randomised cross-over study assessing the “blue pyjama syndrome” in major depressive episode

Abstract This paper introduces a “blue pyjama syndrome” (whereby wearing hospital pyjamas results in an exaggerated impression of severity). We performed a 5-day, prospective, randomized, cross-over study in a French mood disorder unit for inpatients. At Day 1 (D1) and Day 5 (D5), two 5-minute video...

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Autores principales: Hélèna Delmas, Jean-Marie Batail, Bruno Falissard, Gabriel Robert, Maxence Rangé, Stéphane Brousse, Jacques Soulabaille, Dominique Drapier, Florian Naudet
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:721ec5eeeaeb40268285f2b4577fe62c2021-12-02T12:32:12ZA randomised cross-over study assessing the “blue pyjama syndrome” in major depressive episode10.1038/s41598-017-02411-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/721ec5eeeaeb40268285f2b4577fe62c2017-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02411-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract This paper introduces a “blue pyjama syndrome” (whereby wearing hospital pyjamas results in an exaggerated impression of severity). We performed a 5-day, prospective, randomized, cross-over study in a French mood disorder unit for inpatients. At Day 1 (D1) and Day 5 (D5), two 5-minute video interviews were recorded with patients in pyjamas or in day clothes (the sequence was randomly allocated). Psychiatrists unaware of the study objective assessed the videos and scored their clinical global impressions (CGI, with scores ranging from 1 to 7). Of 30 participants with major depressive episode selected for inclusion, 26 participants (69% women) provided useable data for an evaluation by 10 psychiatrists. Pyjamas significantly increased the psychiatrists’ CGI ratings of disease severity by 0·65 [0·27; 1·02] points. The psychiatrists’ global impressions also rated patients as significantly less severe at D5 in comparison with D1 by −0·66 [−1·03; −0·29] points. The “blue pyjama syndrome” is in the same order of magnitude as the difference observed after a week of hospitalisation. This potentially calls into question the reliability and validity of observer ratings of depression.Hélèna DelmasJean-Marie BatailBruno FalissardGabriel RobertMaxence RangéStéphane BrousseJacques SoulabailleDominique DrapierFlorian NaudetNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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Hélèna Delmas
Jean-Marie Batail
Bruno Falissard
Gabriel Robert
Maxence Rangé
Stéphane Brousse
Jacques Soulabaille
Dominique Drapier
Florian Naudet
A randomised cross-over study assessing the “blue pyjama syndrome” in major depressive episode
description Abstract This paper introduces a “blue pyjama syndrome” (whereby wearing hospital pyjamas results in an exaggerated impression of severity). We performed a 5-day, prospective, randomized, cross-over study in a French mood disorder unit for inpatients. At Day 1 (D1) and Day 5 (D5), two 5-minute video interviews were recorded with patients in pyjamas or in day clothes (the sequence was randomly allocated). Psychiatrists unaware of the study objective assessed the videos and scored their clinical global impressions (CGI, with scores ranging from 1 to 7). Of 30 participants with major depressive episode selected for inclusion, 26 participants (69% women) provided useable data for an evaluation by 10 psychiatrists. Pyjamas significantly increased the psychiatrists’ CGI ratings of disease severity by 0·65 [0·27; 1·02] points. The psychiatrists’ global impressions also rated patients as significantly less severe at D5 in comparison with D1 by −0·66 [−1·03; −0·29] points. The “blue pyjama syndrome” is in the same order of magnitude as the difference observed after a week of hospitalisation. This potentially calls into question the reliability and validity of observer ratings of depression.
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author Hélèna Delmas
Jean-Marie Batail
Bruno Falissard
Gabriel Robert
Maxence Rangé
Stéphane Brousse
Jacques Soulabaille
Dominique Drapier
Florian Naudet
author_facet Hélèna Delmas
Jean-Marie Batail
Bruno Falissard
Gabriel Robert
Maxence Rangé
Stéphane Brousse
Jacques Soulabaille
Dominique Drapier
Florian Naudet
author_sort Hélèna Delmas
title A randomised cross-over study assessing the “blue pyjama syndrome” in major depressive episode
title_short A randomised cross-over study assessing the “blue pyjama syndrome” in major depressive episode
title_full A randomised cross-over study assessing the “blue pyjama syndrome” in major depressive episode
title_fullStr A randomised cross-over study assessing the “blue pyjama syndrome” in major depressive episode
title_full_unstemmed A randomised cross-over study assessing the “blue pyjama syndrome” in major depressive episode
title_sort randomised cross-over study assessing the “blue pyjama syndrome” in major depressive episode
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url https://doaj.org/article/721ec5eeeaeb40268285f2b4577fe62c
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