iPad-Assisted Measurements of Duration Estimation in Psychiatric Patients and Healthy Control Subjects

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 duratio...

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Published inPloS one Vol. 8; no. 5; p. e61295
Main Authors Preuschoff, Irene, Müller, Helge H., Sperling, Wolfgang, Biermann, Teresa, Bergner, Matthias, Kornhuber, Johannes, Groemer, Teja W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Public Library of Science 02.05.2013
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Adult
Aging
Alzheimer's disease
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Biology
Brain research
Case-Control Studies
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Computer Science
Data collection
Electrical Equipment and Supplies
Engineering
Female
Gender differences
Humans
Interactive computer systems
Male
Measurement
Medicine
Memory
Mental depression
Mental Disorders - physiopathology
Middle Aged
Patients
Population studies
Psychiatric patients
Psychiatry
Psychotherapy
Reproducibility of Results
Science Policy
Smart phones
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Studies
Terminology as Topic
Time Perception
Touch screens
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Summary: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.
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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Participation, counseling: HM WS TB MB JK. Conceived and designed the experiments: TWG IP. Performed the experiments: IP. Analyzed the data: IP TWG. Wrote the paper: IP TWG.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0061295