An assessment of sensory sensitivity in women suffering from depression using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perception is the process or result of the process arising from the mental interpretation of the phenomena occurring, therefore it depends not only on physiology, but is also psychologically and socially conditioned. The aim of this study was to assess if there is a difference in the sensory sensitivity to an electrical stimulus in women suffering from depression and what the hedonic rating is of the lived experience of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.

Methods

The depression group: 44 women, who were inpatients treated for depression at the Psychiatric Ward in the Clinical Hospital, and the control group: 41 women, matched by the age, height and weight, with no mental illness. Measures: threshold for sensing current, type of sensation evoked, hedonic r

SUBMITTER: Witkos J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9097666 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature