文章基本信息

标题：Computerized Finger Tapping Task in Adult Unipolar Depressed Patients and Healthy Subjects: Influence of Age, Gender, Education, and Hand Dominance
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作者：Marco Moniz ; Saul Neves de Jesus ; Andreia Pacheco 等
期刊名称：Review of European Studies
印刷版ISSN：1918-7173
电子版ISSN：1918-7181
出版年度：2016
卷号：8
期号：4
页码：1
DOI：10.5539/res.v8n4p1
出版社：Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要：
Introduction: Current diagnostic criteria for depression include psychomotor retardation, being the Finger Tapping Test (FTT) as one of the most utilized instruments to assess fine psychomotor performance.
Method: This study aimed to compare the performance of a sample of 51 unipolar depressed patients (30 women and 21 men, with a mean age of 45.12 years old [SD = 14.09]) with 51 healthy controls (29 women and 22 men, with a mean age of 44.49 years old [SD = 15.59]) in a computerized version of the Finger Tapping Test (FTT) from the Psychology Experiment Building Language (PEBL). Another objective was to test this version’s validity in comparison to other FTTs.
Results: We found significant differences between depressed patients and healthy controls. Significant effects of age and gender were found.
Conclusion: Results allowed us to identify differences in performance between the two groups, therefore this version of the FTT revealed adequate reliability values, one instrument accessible to all clinicians.
其他摘要：Introduction: Current diagnostic criteria for depression include psychomotor retardation, being the Finger Tapping Test (FTT) as one of the most utilized instruments to assess fine psychomotor performance. Method: This study aimed to compare the performance of a sample of 51 unipolar depressed patients (30 women and 21 men, with a mean age of 45.12 years old [ SD = 14.09]) with 51 healthy controls (29 women and 22 men, with a mean age of 44.49 years old [ SD = 15.59]) in a computerized version of the Finger Tapping Test (FTT) from the Psychology Experiment Building Language (PEBL). Another objective was to test this version’s validity in comparison to other FTTs. Results: We found significant differences between depressed patients and healthy controls. Significant effects of age and gender were found. Conclusion: Results allowed us to identify differences in performance between the two groups, therefore this version of the FTT revealed adequate reliability values, one instrument accessible to all clinicians.