Godfrey H P, Knight R G
Br J Psychiatry. 1984 Aug;145:159-63. doi: 10.1192/bjp.145.2.159.
Daily levels of anxious and depressed mood, as well as motor and speech activity were monitored for five depressed and four hypomanic patients during the courses of their in-patient treatment. The data were compared with results from nine matched control subjects. Motor activity was assessed using the actometer--a wrist watch which translates activity into movement of the watch hands--and the speech activity by recording the pause, phonation, and total times taken to recite the digits from one to ten. Validity data for the actometer and for total and pause time were found to be encouraging as outcome monitors for the treatment of depressive affect; the significant results from the total time measure suggest that this simple method is worthy of more widespread use in clinical settings.
在五名抑郁症患者和四名轻躁狂患者的住院治疗过程中，对他们每日的焦虑和抑郁情绪水平以及运动和言语活动进行了监测。将这些数据与九名匹配的对照受试者的结果进行了比较。使用活动计数器（一种将活动转化为手表指针移动的手表）评估运动活动，并通过记录背诵数字1到10的停顿、发声和总时间来评估言语活动。作为抑郁情绪治疗的结果监测指标，活动计数器以及总时间和停顿时间的有效性数据令人鼓舞；总时间测量的显著结果表明，这种简单方法值得在临床环境中更广泛地应用。
