Subjective state was measured at baseline and immediately prior to the fMRI scan using the Befindlichkeits scale of mood and energy, 15 the State Anxiety Inventory 13 and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale.
Moreover, we should have taken account of unifying time, place, and activities before or after the evaluation of the face scale of mood, because it is generally considered susceptible to chance and confounding variables.
Regarding the face scale of mood, which was nonparametric, a Mann–Whitney test was conducted to verify whether the change score between the treatment group and the control group was significantly different.
Mood was assessed by the Bond-Lader Visual Analog Scales of Mood and Alertness (computerized version of the test), consisting of 16 analog scales which are combined, as recommended by Bond and Lader 18 to form three assessments: alertness, contentment, and calmness.
BDI=Beck depression inventory; EORTC=European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer FACT=functionall assessment of cancer therapy; HADS=hospital anxiety and depression scale; PFS=revised Piper fatigue scale; POMS=profile of mood states; SF-36=short form-36.
BDI=Beck depression inventory; EORTC=European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer FACT=functionall assessment of cancer therapy; HADS=hospital anxiety and depression scale; NA=not available; PFS=revised Piper fatigue scale; POMS=profile of mood states; SF-36=short form 36. †Two studies used SF-36 and one used SF-12.
Every aspect of the book — its narrative transitions, dramatic changes in pictorial scale, fluctuations of mood, interlinking of visual themes — is handled with pinpoint control.
Psychometric measures, available for a subset of CFS patients included: Perceived Stress Scale, Profile of Mood States, ATQ Positive & Negative Self-Talk Scores, the COPE, the Beck Depression Inventory, Fatigue Symptom Inventory, Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination, Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-36, and the Quality of Life Scale.
Results of this factor analyses showed that the initial fifth factor (subsuming three items) was split and the items were rearranged in such way that two items (2 and 9) now loaded on the first factor, turning it more into a scale of depressed mood with somatic complaints.
Main outcomes assessed pre- and post-treatment included measures of sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), stress (Perceived Stress Scale), mood (Profile of Mood States, State-Trait Anxiety Scale), blood pressure, and heart rate.
Three different interview-based validated scales (Geriatric Depression Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, and Profile of Mood States) were used to determine mood, depression, stress, and anxiety at week 0, 3, 4, and 7.
