Jonathan Gold, Amit Pahwa, Karen L Forbes
Disseminating evidence in medical education: journal club as a virtual community of practice
BMC medical education
objective theory mind tom denotes ability understand mental state others perceive unique beliefs emotions study compared tom individuals major depressive disorder mdd stimulantinduced depressive disorder sidd method crosssectional causalcomparative study included patients mdd sidd admitted ostad moharary neuropsychiatric hospital january june 2022 diagnosis confirmed semistructured interview conducted single attending psychiatrist according dsm5 criteria consecutive sampling 110 individuals 51 patients completed study group demographic characteristics recorded persian version revised reading mind eyes test rmet used evaluate tom statistical analysis performed using spss v25 employing ttest chisquared test linear regression analysis covariance ancova results analysis included 102 subjects 657 male mean age 3517 754 years two groups similar age gender marital status working status occupation economic class ethnicity p 005 rmet scores 1294 403 1186 315 mdd sidd groups respectively p 0135 almost patients low rmet scores 22 two individuals mdd group achieved normal scores 2230 ancova revealed significant confounding effects independent variables furthermore regression analysis revealed level education significant linear relationship 0249 rmet score p 0021 conclusion hospitalized patients mdd sidd similar tom deficits measured rmet