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Table 4 Asymmetry in QEEG parameters

From: Quantitative EEG findings in patients with acute, brief depression combined with other fluctuating psychiatric symptoms: a controlled study from an acute psychiatric department

 

AUDS patients

n = 16

MDE patients

n = 16

p-valuea

Frontocentral region (μV)

delta

0.35 (0.18)

0.25 (0.23)

0.076

theta

0.25 (0.20)

0.33 (0.27)

0.52

alfa

0.41 (0.33)

0.50 (0.51)

0.79

Temporal region (μV)

delta

0.66 (0.53)

0.27 (0.28)

0.009

theta

0.53 (0.37)

0.40 (0.30)

0.12

alfa

1.18 (1.48)

0.85 (0.74)

0.85

Parietooccipital region (μV)

delta

0.60 (0.68)

0.26 (0.29)

0.05

theta

0.60 (0.81)

0.49 (0.61)

0.82

alfa

1.05 (0.95)

0.96 (1.20)

0.35

  1. Absolute difference in μV (SD) between right and left side electrode regions.
  2. Test 1, 2 and 3 values have been averaged.
  3. aMann-Whitney U test,
  4. AUDS: Acute Unstable Depressive Syndrome. MDE: Major Depressive Episode
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BMC Psychiatry

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