Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline, and during crossover and follow-up

From: Electrical stimulation in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis alleviates severe obsessive-compulsive disorder

Patient

Sex

Age (years)

Y-BOCS preop

HAM-A preop

HAM-D preop

GAF preop

Crossover (months PI)

Y-BOCS OFF

Y-BOCS ON

Y-BOCS % impr ON vs OFF

Y-BOCS 4YFU

Y-BOCS % impr 4YFU vs preop

LFU (months PI)

Y-BOCS LFU

Y-BOCS % impr LFU vs preop

Status May 2014

BOL (months PI)

Y-BOCS BOL

Y-BOCS % impr BOL vs preop

1

M

34

38

44

43

35

1

35

30

14

—

—

15

36

5

CAPS

N/A

N/A

N/A

2

F

51

33

38

23

35

4

29

20

31

18

45

132

28

15

ON

67

16

52

3

F

38

30

26

29

30

—

—

—

—

7

77

171

16

47

ON

99

5

83

4

M

34

38

24

17

25

10

35

22

37

—

—

38

30

21

CAPS

28

21

45

5

F

39

34

20

19

25

9

34

25

26

22

35

120

25

26

OFF

66

16

53

6

M

37

30

24

24

35

8

36

12

67

17

43

136

13

57

ON

62

2

93

7

F

39

35

21

16

40

6

35

10

71

6

83

121

8

77

ON

67

2

94

8

M

40

32

9

19

30

—

—

—

—

6

81

121

16

50

ON

58

5

84

9

M

23

31

20

25

35

9

4

2

50

11

65

104

9

71

ON

3

2

94

10

F

29

37

27

21

35

6

23

2

91

4

89

105

2

95

ON

35

1

97

11

F

56

36

30

26

40

6

18

5

72

6

83

101

15

58

ON

76

1

97

12

M

33

37

46

28

25

15

33

22

33

25

32

89

24

35

ON

80

25

32

13

M

31

32

20

21

35

9

32

17

47

6

81

87

20

38

ON

39

3

91

14

F

51

37

22

24

45

12

35

30

14

—

—

24

30

19

STN

85

19

49

15

F

47

34

16

6

40

8

32

21

34

22

35

74

23

32

ON

42

18

47

16

M

59

36

15

25

40

—

—

—

—

18

50

70

15

58

ON

29

2

94

17

M

34

40

30

24

35

—

—

—

—

—

—

28

36

10

CAPS

9

26

35

18

F

50

35

16

18

45

19

19

36

āˆ’89

22

37

59

20

43

ON

27

11

69

19

M

24

38

32

24

35

14

34

26

24

—

—

35

35

8

OFF

20

22

42

20

F

26

31

19

25

35

10

27

13

52

19

39

54

19

39

ON

49

19

39

21

F

54

33

22

17

25

31

27

10

63

11

67

51

11

67

ON

39

10

70

22

M

42

33

15

20

45

—

—

—

—

8

76

47

8

76

ON

42

7

79

23

M

52

35

23

27

45

—

—

—

—

10

71

46

10

71

ON

22

7

80

24

F

50

37

29

14

40

—

—

—

—

—

—

22

15

59

OFF

13

12

68

Ā Ā 

MED

MED

MED

MED

MED

MED

MED

MED

MED

MED

MED

MED

MED

MED

Ā 

MED

MED

MED

Ā Ā 

39

35

23

24

35

9

32

20

37

11

66

72

18

45

Ā 

42

10

70

  1. Abbreviations: BOL, best open-label period of minimally 2 months; CAPS, capsulotomy; F, female; GAF, global assessment of functioning; HAM-A, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; HAM-D, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; LFU, last follow-up; % impr, percentage improvement; M, male; MED, median; N/A, not available (this patient never experienced a clinically significant improvement with DBS); OFF, stimulation off; ON, stimulation on; PI, postimplantation; preop, preoperative; STN, implantation of additional electrodes in subthalamic nucleus; Y-BOCS, Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale; 4YFU, 4-year follow-up.