Tapping and yawning visual induction in anxious patients. La Lisa, Ciudad de La Habana, 2008-2009

Authors

  • Alberto Ulloa Alfonso Sede Universitaria José F. de Vera Suárez. Jagüey Grande. Matanzas, Cuba.
  • Yordanka Cuza Ferrer Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Victoria de Girón. La Habana, Cuba.
  • Susana Chao González Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Victoria de Girón. La Habana, Cuba.
  • Caridad Villar Olivera Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Victoria de Girón. La Habana, Cuba.
  • Luis Armando Wong Corrales Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Matanzas, Cuba.

Keywords:

anxious syndrome, tapping test, yawning test.

Abstract

Due to the agitated dynamic of the current life and many other environmental, genetic and social factors, the anxiety has passed to occupy one of the main places among the psychological dysfunctions, not only in Cuba, but at the world level. Nowadays the diagnosis and evaluation of this illness are based fundamentally on subjective tests. Motivated by the previously exposed elements, we decided to carry out a research with the objective of preliminary evaluating a software made for measuring variables, by means of the tapping test (mouse finger tapping) and yawn induction that renders objective elements in the evaluation of patients with anxiety dysfunctions. We carried out a cross-sectional descriptive study on the observation of the tests made in patients attended at the Communitarian Center of Mental Health La Lisa, Ciudad de La Habana, from january 2007 to september 2008. The studied population was formed by 90 subjects that were evaluated by means of the Scam test. We collected data from the individual clinical history. They were processed and shown in tables and charts arriving to conclusions. We concluded that the tapping test and the test of yawning visual induction allow differentiating, in an efficient way, the groups of studied patients.

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Published

2012-07-15

How to Cite

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Ulloa Alfonso A, Cuza Ferrer Y, Chao González S, Villar Olivera C, Wong Corrales LA. Tapping and yawning visual induction in anxious patients. La Lisa, Ciudad de La Habana, 2008-2009. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2012 Jul. 15 [cited 2025 Jan. 23];34(4):480-6. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/932

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 4 (2012)

Section

Short communication

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