DEPRESSION AND TRAIL MAKING TEST SCORES IN A SAMPLE OF COCAINE ABUSERS.
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| Title: | DEPRESSION AND TRAIL MAKING TEST SCORES IN A SAMPLE OF COCAINE ABUSERS. |
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| Authors: | HORTON, JR., ARTHUR MACNEILL, ROBERTS, CHARLES |
| Source: | International Journal of Neuroscience. 2003, Vol. 113 Issue 4, p595. 10p. |
| Subjects: | Mental depression, Drug abuse, Cocaine abuse |
| Abstract: | Depression effects on the Trail Making test (TMT), a test often used for screening cognitive impairments, were examined in a sample of cocaine abusers in drug abuse treatment programs. A mixed race sample of 4299 subjects was drawn from electronic files of data from the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS). DATOS was a naturalistic, prospective cohort study that collected data from 1991-1993 in 96 programs in 11 cities in the United States. Data were analyzed to determine the effects of depression on the TMT scores A and B, and also derived indices created by adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing parts A and B of the TMT in this large treatment sample of cocaine abusers. The variables of sex, age, ethnicity, and education were included in analyses to control for demographic effects. The TMT part A and the difference score were the least sensitive TMT scores to the effects of depression but all TMT R- squares were quite small. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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