Vibraimage Characteristics of Patients with Substances-Related Disorders

The purpose of this study was to identify Vibraimage parameters in substancerelated disorders. This study retrospectively examined and analyzed medical records of subjects who were referred to the National Forensic Hospital in Gongju for the psychiatric evaluation or treatment between April 2019 and September 2023. After divided into two groups; substancesrelated disorder group and psychiatric none-diagnosis group, Vibraimage parameters, MMPI-2 items and PAI items were analyzed between the two groups by using independent samples t-tests. In addition, we investigated the relations among Vibraimage parameters, MMPI-2 items and PAI items of substance-related disorders by using the correlation analysis. Compared to the psychiatric none-diagnosis group, substances-related disorder group scored higher on the mean of Stress (t = 2.492, p = 0.015), the mean of Inhibition (t = 2.181, p = 0.034), and the variability index of Charm (t = 2.086, p = 0.041); lower on the mean of Charm (t = –2.360, p = 0.021) and the mean of Self-regulation (t = –2.258, p = 0.028) in Vibraimage, and the group scored comparatively lower on the MAN (Mania) (t = –3.377, p = 0.001) in the PAI. There were no items of significant difference in MMPI-2. The MAN item in the PAI showed negative correlation with the mean of Stress parameter (r = –0.408, p = 0.001) and positive correlation with the mean of Charm parameter (r = 0.280, p = 0.029) and the mean of Self-regulation parameter (r = 0.267, p = 0.038) in Vibraimage. Our findings suggested that Stress, Charm and Self-regulation parameters of Vibraimage were characteristic in substances-related disorders, and showed potential as diagnostic tools, especially in psychiatric evaluations.