Higuchi's fractal dimension, but not frontal or posterior alpha asymmetry, predicts PID-5 anxiousness more than depressivity

Author(s)
Kawe, Tame N J
Shadli, Shabah M
McNaughton, Neil
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
<p><b>Depression is a major cause of health disability. EEG measures may provide one or more economical biomarkers for the diagnosis of depression. Here we compared frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA), posterior alpha asymmetry (PAA), and Higuchi's fractal dimension (HFD) for their capacity to predict PID-5 depressivity and for the specifcity of these predictions relative to PID-5 anxiousness. University students provided 8 or 10minutes of resting EEG and PID-5 depressivity and PID-5 anxiousness questionnaire scores. FAA and PAA had no signifcant correlations with the measures at any electrode pair. There were distinct frontal and posterior factors underlying HFD that correlated signifcantly with anxiousness and with each other. Posterior HFD also correlated signifcantly with depressivity, though this was weaker than the correlation with anxiousness. The portion of depressivity variance accounted for by posterior HFD was not unique but shared with anxiousness. Inclusion of anxiety disorder patients into the sample rendered the frontal factor somewhat more predictive than the posterior one but generally strengthened the prior conclusions. Contrary to our predictions, none of our measures specifcally predicted depressivity. Previous reports of links with depression may involve confounds with concurrent anxiety. Indeed, HFD may be a better measure of anxiety than depression" and its previous linkage to depression may be due to a confound between the two, given the high incidence of depression in cases of severe anxiety.</b></p>
Citation
Scientific Reports, v.9, p. 1-7
ISSN
2045-2322
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Nature Publishing Group
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Attribution 4.0 International
Title
Higuchi's fractal dimension, but not frontal or posterior alpha asymmetry, predicts PID-5 anxiousness more than depressivity
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Journal Article
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Publication

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