Toward a heart rate and axillary temperature chronome in schizophrenia: gauge of disease severity.
The heart rate and axilliary temperature of 17 patients with schizophrenia were measured every 3 hours during waking for 4 days. In 28 profiles, large inter- and intra-individual variations notwithstanding, relations between the time structures (chronomes) of heart rate and axillary temperature are assessed and further examined from the viewpoint of their bearing on the severity of the patients's condition.
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001365:Axilla; D001831:Body Temperature; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index