Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
PLoS One. 2013 May 2;8(5):e61295. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061295. Print 2013.
Handheld devices with touchscreen controls have become widespread in the general population. In this study, we examined the duration estimates (explicit timing) made by patients in a major general hospital and healthy control subjects using a custom iPad application. We methodically assessed duration estimates using this novel device. We found that both psychiatric and non-psychiatric patients significantly overestimated time periods compared with healthy control subjects, who estimated elapsed time very precisely. The use of touchscreen-based methodologies can provide valuable information about patients.
手持式带触摸屏控制的设备已在普通人群中广泛使用。在这项研究中，我们使用定制的 iPad 应用程序检查了一家大型综合医院的患者和健康对照者的持续时间估计（显性计时）。我们使用这种新设备系统地评估了持续时间估计。我们发现，与估计经过时间非常准确的健康对照者相比，精神科和非精神科患者均显著高估了时间段。基于触摸屏的方法的使用可以为患者提供有价值的信息。
