Electroencephalography and psychological assessment datasets to determine the efficacy of a low-cost, wearable neurotechnology intervention for reducing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptom severity

Naomi Du Bois, Alain Desire Bigirimana, Attila Korik, Lisette Gaju Kéthina, Eugène Rutembesa, Jean Mutabaruka, Leon Mutesa, Girijesh Prasad, Stefan Jansen, Damien Coyle

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Abstract

The datasets described here comprise electroencephalography (EEG) data and psychometric data freely available on data.mendeley.com. The EEG data is available in .mat formatted files containing the EEG signal values structured in two-dimensional (2D) matrices, with channel data and trigger information in rows , and samples in columns (having a sampling rate of 250Hz). Twenty-nine female survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, underwent a psychological assessment before and after an intervention aimed at reducing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom severity. Three measures of trauma and four measures of wellbeing were assessed using empirically validated standardised assessments. The pre- and post- intervention psychometric data were analysed using non-parametric statistical methods and the post-intervention data were further evaluated according to diagnostic assessment rules to determine clinically relevant improvements for each group. The participants were assigned to a control group (CG, n = 9), a motor-imagery group (MI, n = 10), and a neurofeedback group (NF, n = 10). Participants in the latter two groups received Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) based training as a treatment intervention over a sixteen-day period, between the pre- and post- clinical interviews. The training involved presenting feedback visually via a videogame, based on real-time analysis of the EEG recorded data during the BCI-based treatment session. Participants were asked to regulate (NF) or intentionally modulate (MI) brain activity to affect/control the game.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-15
Number of pages15
JournalData in Brief
Volume42
Early online date26 Mar 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jun 2022

Data Availability Statement

EEG and psychological assessment datasets: Neurofeeedback for the treatment of PTSD (Original data) (Mendeley Data).

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Mrs Caritas Umurerwa, Mr Vestine Mukantwali, and Mrs Immaculee Uwayezu, for their contribution to the project.

Funding

We are grateful for access to the Tier 2 High Performance Computing resources provided by the Northern Ireland High Performance Computing (NI-HPC) facility funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Grant No. EP/T022175 and DC is grateful for the UKRI Turing AI Fellowship 2021-2025 funded by the EPSRC (grant number EP/V025724/1) and the Spatial Computing and Neurotechnology Innovation Hub, funded by The Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland.

Keywords

  • wearable EEG
  • post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Rwanda
  • brain-computer interface (BCI)
  • neurofeedback
  • neurotechnology
  • motor-imagery
  • decoding accuracy
  • theta-alpha ratio index

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