Park Jinyoung, Lee Cynthia, Nam Ye Eun, Lee Hyunhwa
College of Nursing, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
School of Integrated Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA.
Heliyon. 2024 Jan 4;10(2):e24093. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24093. eCollection 2024 Jan 30.
Detecting and addressing depression symptoms at their outset can reduce the burden on individuals and society; however, it has a limitation in that such evaluations mainly rely on self-reports. Several studies have demonstrated a strong association between motor symptoms and early depression. We aimed to associate body balance measured by the Lower Quarter Y Balance Test (YBT-LQ) with depressive symptoms among young adults in the community, to confirm the current evidence that depression negatively influences body balance.
Is the YBT-LQ an objective tool for measuring and evaluating young adults' depression risks, as well as assessing whether depression negatively influences body balance?
Our participants comprised 36 young adults. We assessed their depressive symptoms using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) via a Google survey, measured their body balance with the YBT-LQ, and analyzed data with Spearman's rank-order correlation coefficient test, using SPSS version 27.0.
We found that the right leg's anterior, posteromedial, and posterolateral scores- Z = -2.129, p = .033; Z = -2.181, p = .029; and Z = -2.250, p = .024, respectively-and composite scores-Z = 73.00, p = .027 -were significantly lower in the group with risk for clinical depression compared to the normal group. The CES-D total score had a negative association with all YBT-LQ scores, except for the anterior score of the left leg. Among the CES-D sub-factors, somatic and retarded activity showed negative correlations with all the YBT-LQ scores.
Our findings revealed that depressive symptoms have a negative association with balance, and that the YBT-LQ can be a reliable tool for measuring motor symptoms of depression, specifically among young adults.
在抑郁症症状初现时进行检测和干预可以减轻个人和社会的负担；然而，其局限性在于此类评估主要依赖自我报告。多项研究表明运动症状与早期抑郁症之间存在密切关联。我们旨在将通过下肢Y平衡测试（YBT-LQ）测量的身体平衡与社区青年成年人的抑郁症状相关联，以证实目前关于抑郁症对身体平衡有负面影响的证据。
YBT-LQ是否是一种用于测量和评估青年成年人抑郁风险以及评估抑郁症是否对身体平衡有负面影响的客观工具？
我们的参与者包括36名青年成年人。我们通过谷歌调查问卷使用流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）评估他们的抑郁症状，用YBT-LQ测量他们的身体平衡，并使用SPSS 27.0版本通过斯皮尔曼等级相关系数检验分析数据。
我们发现，与正常组相比，临床抑郁症风险组的右腿前侧、后内侧和后外侧得分——Z分别为-2.129，p = 0.033；Z = -2.181，p = 0.029；Z = -2.250，p = 0.024——以及综合得分——Z = 73.00，p = 0.027——显著更低。CES-D总分与除左腿前侧得分外的所有YBT-LQ得分均呈负相关。在CES-D子因素中，躯体症状和迟滞活动与所有YBT-LQ得分均呈负相关。
我们的研究结果表明，抑郁症状与平衡之间存在负相关，并且YBT-LQ可以成为测量抑郁症运动症状的可靠工具，特别是在青年成年人中。
