Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: A longitudinal study of the association between basal ganglia volumes and psychomotor symptoms in subjects with late life depression undergoing ECT

 

n(%)/ mean ± SD/ median [IQR]

Age (Yrs)

72 ± 8.4

Sex: female

43 (65%)

Site: Leuven

33 (50%)

Late onset depression

31 (47%)

Melancholic depression

49 (80%)

Psychotic depression

32 (49%)

MDD duration (months)

6 [3;12]

MADRS baseline

35 [29;41]

MMSE baseline

24 [21;28]

CORE total baseline

15 [8;22]

 CORE non-interaction

5 [2;8]

 CORE agitation

8 [4;10]

 CORE retardation

2 [0;4]

Time t0 to ECT (weeks)

2 [1;5]

Medication during ECT

17 (32.1%)

ECT course duration (days)

39 [28;48]

Number of ECT sessions

11 [8;14]

Only RUL ECT

47 (71.2%)

  1. MADRS Montgomery Åsberg Depression Scale, n = 64.
  2. MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, n = 57. The CORE rating scale, n = 61.
  3. MDD duration duration of current major depression episode, n = 61.
  4. Time t0 to ECT = time between baseline MRI and ECT start, n = 62.
  5. ECT electroconvulsive therapy, RUL right unilateral.
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