Differential response to right unilateral ECT in depressed patients: impact of comorbidity and severity of illness [ISRCTN39974945]
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) efficacy studies of right unilateral (RUL) ECT may not apply to real life clinics with a wide range of patients with major depressive episodes.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The...
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doaj-4555b4b697fc49189b61ca7b1b7132b22020-11-25T00:44:11ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2002-01-0121210.1186/1471-244X-2-2Differential response to right unilateral ECT in depressed patients: impact of comorbidity and severity of illness [ISRCTN39974945]Wahlbeck KristianSarna SeppoKatila HeikkiHeikman PerttiKuoppasalmi Kimmo<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) efficacy studies of right unilateral (RUL) ECT may not apply to real life clinics with a wide range of patients with major depressive episodes.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The study included two groups of patients. In addition to a homogeneous group of patients with major depression according to DSM-IV criteria with severity of the major depressive episode > 16 scores on 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HDRS) (Group 1, n = 16), we included a heterogeneous group of patients with less severe major depressive episodes or with a variety of comorbid conditions (Group 2, n = 24). We randomly assigned the patients to an RUL ECT treatment dosed at 5 or 2.5 times seizure threshold with an intent-to-treat design. The outcomes measured blindly were HDRS, number of treatments, and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The patients were considered to have responded to treatment if the improvement in HDRS score was at least 60% and they had a total score of less than ten.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The Group 2 patients responded poorer (8% vs. 63%), and had more often simultaneous worsening in their MMSE scores than Group 1 patients. The differences in the outcomes between the two different doses of RUL ECT treatment were not statistically significant.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>ECT effectiveness seems to be lower in real-life heterogeneous patient groups than in homogeneous patient samples used in experimental efficacy trials.</p> http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/2/2 |
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Wahlbeck Kristian Sarna Seppo Katila Heikki Heikman Pertti Kuoppasalmi Kimmo Differential response to right unilateral ECT in depressed patients: impact of comorbidity and severity of illness [ISRCTN39974945] BMC Psychiatry |
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Wahlbeck Kristian Sarna Seppo Katila Heikki Heikman Pertti Kuoppasalmi Kimmo |
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Differential response to right unilateral ECT in depressed patients: impact of comorbidity and severity of illness [ISRCTN39974945] |
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Differential response to right unilateral ECT in depressed patients: impact of comorbidity and severity of illness [ISRCTN39974945] |
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Differential response to right unilateral ECT in depressed patients: impact of comorbidity and severity of illness [ISRCTN39974945] |
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Differential response to right unilateral ECT in depressed patients: impact of comorbidity and severity of illness [ISRCTN39974945] |
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Differential response to right unilateral ECT in depressed patients: impact of comorbidity and severity of illness [ISRCTN39974945] |
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differential response to right unilateral ect in depressed patients: impact of comorbidity and severity of illness [isrctn39974945] |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) efficacy studies of right unilateral (RUL) ECT may not apply to real life clinics with a wide range of patients with major depressive episodes.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The study included two groups of patients. In addition to a homogeneous group of patients with major depression according to DSM-IV criteria with severity of the major depressive episode > 16 scores on 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HDRS) (Group 1, n = 16), we included a heterogeneous group of patients with less severe major depressive episodes or with a variety of comorbid conditions (Group 2, n = 24). We randomly assigned the patients to an RUL ECT treatment dosed at 5 or 2.5 times seizure threshold with an intent-to-treat design. The outcomes measured blindly were HDRS, number of treatments, and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The patients were considered to have responded to treatment if the improvement in HDRS score was at least 60% and they had a total score of less than ten.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The Group 2 patients responded poorer (8% vs. 63%), and had more often simultaneous worsening in their MMSE scores than Group 1 patients. The differences in the outcomes between the two different doses of RUL ECT treatment were not statistically significant.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>ECT effectiveness seems to be lower in real-life heterogeneous patient groups than in homogeneous patient samples used in experimental efficacy trials.</p> |
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