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[Preprint]. 2023 Oct 12:2023.10.11.23296870. [Version 1] doi: 10.1101/2023.10.11.23296870

Table 4.

Summary statistics for all task-related variables.

Panel A.
Guessing Condition Healthy Comparisons (N = 59) Anxiety (N = 4) Depression (N = 26) Depression + Anxiety (N = 88) Eating Disorder (N = 22) Substance Use Disorder (N = 84) p-value*
Number of taps 60.41 (24.64) 62.5 (49.62) 54.69 (34.79) 64.63 (30.49) 59.04 (25.32) 74.95 (51.32) .095
Number of heartbeats 66.81 (11.60) 69.75 (2.5) 55.31 (11.07) 59.51 (15.13) 60.88 (22.18) 49.71 (15.31) .345
Self-reported difficulty 58.86 (25.42) 77.50 (1.73) 55.31 (29.42) 59.51 (25.07) 60.88 (27.12) 49.71 (28.45) .072
Self-reported confidence 38.76 (23.87) 28.00 (6.83) 37.77 (18.63) 33.83 (28.89) 26.13 (18.35) 38.75 (22.74) .116
Self-reported intensity 29.46 (22.20) 16.00 (23.04) 25.81 (22.25) 24.59 (20.99) 17.54 (17.08) 28.46 (23.56) .202
Counting accuracy 0.74 (0.24) 0.51 (0.39) 0.59 (0.29) 0.62 (0.61) 0.70 (0.25) 0.45 (0.95) .173
Panel B.
No-Guessing Condition Healthy Comparisons (N = 59) Anxiety (N = 4) Depression (N = 26) Depression + Anxiety (N = 88) Eating Disorder (N = 22) Substance Use Disorder (N = 83) p-value
Number of taps 24.34 (26.79) 15.50 (14.82) 21.46 (22.17) 21.15 (24.42) 24.88 (21.32) 24.98 (26.97) .885
Number of heartbeats 65.59 (10.86) 68.50 (2.38) 67.15 (14.39) 69.44 (16.32) 63.46 (22.68) 66.86 (17.89) .610
Self-reported difficulty 65.85 (29.42) 70.75 (39.23) 63.96 (34.39) 68.06 (24.00) 61.21 (28.90) 62.02 (29.18) .757
Self-reported confidence 38.24 (28.38) 27.25 (19.26) 27.85 (29.71) 39.77 (28.85) 29.33 (24.54) 39.77 (28.71) .213
Self-reported intensity 22.80 (23.36) 14.50 (23.69) 23.73 (25.04) 22.68 (23.46) 26.21 (23.43) 24.21 (21.73) .946
Counting accuracy 0.31 (0.29) 0.22 (0.20) 0.31 (0.29) 0.10 om 0.37 (0.33) 0.32 (0.33) .683
Panel C.
Breath Hold Condition Healthy Comparisons (N = 59) Anxiety (N = 4) Depression (N = 26) Depression + Anxiety (N = 87) Eating Disorder (N = 24) Substance Use Disorder (N = 82) p-value
Number of taps 29.47 (26.97) 17.75 (15.44) 23.81 (24.26) 24.16 (22.49) 23.04 (22.13) 24.39 (22.35) .711
Number of heartbeats 69.86 (13.00) 72.50 (3.87) 71.04 (11.32) 69.35 (17.39) 68.88 (1111) 68.52 (20.51) .983
Self-reported difficulty 51.14 (28.14) 47.50 (35.01) 51.96 (32.50) 57.84 (27.33) 61.17 (24.07) 54.68 (28.01) .582
Self-reported confidence 48.05 (26.97) 22.25 (6.24) 32.69 (27.24) 43.49 (25.00) 31.29 (18.41) 47.68 (26.98) .006
Self-reported intensity 42.61 (29.81) 36.50 (22.99) 37.69 (30.64) 38.51 (26.06) 33.87 (27.89) 38.76 (28.66) .869
Counting accuracy 0.37 (0.30) 0.25 (0.22) 0.33 (0.33) 0.27 (0.48) 0.34 (0.31) 0.32 (0.31) .648
Panel D.
Tone Condition Healthy Comparisons (N = 59) Anxiety (N = 4) Depression (N = 26) Depression + Anxiety (N = 88) Eating Disorder (N = 24) Substance Use Disorder (N = 84) p-value
Number of taps 77.73 (0.74) 78.00 (0.00) 77.77 (0.65) 78.10 (0.84) 78.17 (0.38) 78.10 (0.87) .024 *
Number of heartbeats 67.75 (11.31) 71.00 (3.56) 70.08 (11.19) 71.35 (15.77) 64.21 (22.83) 68.50 (15.74) .399
Self-reported difficulty 25.54 (21.77) 25.25 (18.89) 22.85 (23.76) 28.01 (22.98) 22.29 (16.29) 28.15 (24.94) .790
Self-reported confidence 76.54 (21.13) 84.00 (10.92) 76.23 (18.05) 71.98 (18.38) 76.75 (14.76) 70.67 (20.95) .297
Self-reported intensity 84.68 (17.41) 88.00 (7.87) 82.54 (17.96) 82.32 (16.60) 85.79 (13.36) 78.14 (18.71) .201
Counting accuracy 1.00 (0.01) 1.00 (0) 1.00 (0.01) 0.99 (0.01) 1.00 (0) 0.99 (0.01) .310
*

p-values correspond to the results of ANOVAs comparing the groups (i.e., not including all task conditions within the analysis as reported in the main text).

*

Note that, while significant, this reflects differences of less than one tap.