ArticleDepression and anxiety2017
Mobile assessment of heightened skin conductance in posttraumatic stress disorder.
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- Prospective Measurement of Skin Conductance Response during Trauma Interview Predicts Future PTSD Severity in Trauma Exposed Children.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2024Article
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- Can peripheral psychophysiological markers predict response to exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy in youth with severely impairing irritability? A study protocol.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Differing associations of depersonalization with physiological response during rest and breath-focused mindfulness in a trauma-exposed female population.Journal of psychiatric research · 2023Article
- To Predict, Prevent, and Manage Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Review of Pathophysiology, Treatment, and Biomarkers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Skin Conductance Reactivity as a Predictor of Stroke-induced Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Dimensional Approach.Depression and anxiety · 2023Article
- The Impact of Sleep on Fear Extinction.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2023Article
- Sex-dependent risk factors for PTSD: a prospective structural MRI study.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Biological Psychiatry in Displaced Populations: What We Know, and What We Need to Begin to Learn.Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2022Review
- Immediate Effects of Dry Needling on Central Pain Processing and Skin Conductance in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder: clinical and translational neuroscience from cells to circuits.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundIncreased psychophysiological reactivity is a hallmark intermediate phenotype of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Individuals with PTSD exhibit greater skin conductance (SC) responses to trauma scripts than trauma survivors without PTSD. However, trauma scripts require time for development and cannot be easily used in a single visit. Thus, there is a need for a low-cost, easy-to-use, SC recording protocol for PTSD assessment.
methodsUsing a mobile device (eSense) connected to a portable tablet computer, we assessed SC reactivity to a standard trauma interview (STI) in 63 participants recruited from Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA, approximately 1 year after trauma exposure. SC response (SCR) was calculated by subtracting the SC level (SCL) at the end of the baseline recording from the maximum SCL during the STI.
resultsSCL was significantly higher during the STI compared to baseline (P < .001), and individuals with PTSD showed significantly greater SCR than individuals without PTSD (P = .006). Logistic regression using SCR with PTSD diagnosis as the outcome showed an odds ratio of 1.76 (95% CI: 1.11-2.78). Lastly, higher SCR during the STI was also significantly associated with PTSD symptom total score controlling for demographics and trauma severity (b = 0.42, P = .001).
conclusionsThe current study demonstrated feasibility of the use of a mobile device for assessing psychophysiological reactivity in those with PTSD. The use of this low-cost, easy-to-use mobile device to collect objective physiological data in concert with a STI can be easily disseminated in clinical and research settings.
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