Abstract This study investigated the use of the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS) with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. Eighty-eight persons with either relapsing-remitting or progressive type MS drew a Person Picking an Apple from a Tree, and completed a Beck Depression Inventory-Fast Screen (BDI-FS). FEATS scores were compared to BDI-FS scores and across disease type. Statistically significant results were found when comparing FEATS scores in regard to disease type, with overall FEATS scores (p = .014), indicating graphic elements linked to depression present in the drawings of patients with progressive type MS. The relationship between FEATS scores and the BDI-FS was not significant. Further research is needed, as this was the first study of the FEATS with the MS population.

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多发性硬化症患者的 FEATS 评分差异和共病抑郁症

摘要 本研究调查了形式元素艺术治疗量表 (FEATS) 对多发性硬化症 (MS) 患者的使用情况。88 名患有复发缓解型或渐进型 MS 的人画了一个从树上摘苹果的人，并完成了贝克抑郁量表快速筛选 (BDI-FS)。将 FEATS 评分与 BDI-FS 评分和不同疾病类型进行比较。将疾病类型的 FEATS 评分与总体 FEATS 评分 (p = .014) 进行比较时，发现了具有统计学意义的结果，表明进行性多发性硬化症患者的图纸中存在与抑郁相关的图形元素。FEATS 分数与 BDI-FS 之间的关系不显着。需要进一步研究，因为这是对 MS 人群 FEATS 的首次研究。