TY - JOUR
T1 - Motor and depression inventory score differences and method of clinical diagnosis in adolescents
AU - Gruber, J. J.
AU - Hall, J. W.
AU - Humphries, L. L.
AU - McKay, S. E.
AU - Kryscio, R. J.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - The ability of self-report depression scales and motor proficiency measures to differentiate among diagnostic categories of depressive illness was examined in 25 clinically depressed adolescents in a hospital setting. The patients were diagnosed as having either an affective disorder involving depression or suffering from a major depressive illness based on three different procedures, each independent of the other: (a) DSM-III criteria, (b) Urinary MHPG excretion, and (c) the Dexamethasone Suppression Test, The Zung, Beck Hamilton depression scales, and the Depression scale of the MHPI, the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency and the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Inventory were administered to the patients by trained professionals. Results indicate that (a) patients in the different disease categories according to DSM-III criteria did not score differently on any of the self-report scales while the more severely depressed scored higher on one of the Bruininks motor scale - which is the opposite of what one would expect; (b) patients in the different disease categories according to the urinary MHPG criteria did not score differently on any of the motor measures and self-report data was inconclusive; and (c) self-report depression scales did not discriminate among patient categories defined by the Dexamethasone Suppression Test; however, three of the four motor proficiency batteries were effective discriminators with those suffering biologically linked major depressive episodes scoring less than those in the reactive depression category.
AB - The ability of self-report depression scales and motor proficiency measures to differentiate among diagnostic categories of depressive illness was examined in 25 clinically depressed adolescents in a hospital setting. The patients were diagnosed as having either an affective disorder involving depression or suffering from a major depressive illness based on three different procedures, each independent of the other: (a) DSM-III criteria, (b) Urinary MHPG excretion, and (c) the Dexamethasone Suppression Test, The Zung, Beck Hamilton depression scales, and the Depression scale of the MHPI, the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency and the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Inventory were administered to the patients by trained professionals. Results indicate that (a) patients in the different disease categories according to DSM-III criteria did not score differently on any of the self-report scales while the more severely depressed scored higher on one of the Bruininks motor scale - which is the opposite of what one would expect; (b) patients in the different disease categories according to the urinary MHPG criteria did not score differently on any of the motor measures and self-report data was inconclusive; and (c) self-report depression scales did not discriminate among patient categories defined by the Dexamethasone Suppression Test; however, three of the four motor proficiency batteries were effective discriminators with those suffering biologically linked major depressive episodes scoring less than those in the reactive depression category.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0023731276
SN - 0896-9620
VL - 42
SP - 74
EP - 78
JO - Clinical Kinesiology
JF - Clinical Kinesiology
IS - 3
ER -