Table 1 Participant demographics, baseline symptom scores, and antipsychotic medications by treatment week and maintenance period conditions.
Treatment week + Maintenance period | |||||
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tACS + tACS (n = 8) | tACS + Sham (n = 6) | Sham + tACS (n = 5) | Sham + Sham (n = 6) | Statistics | |
Demographics | |||||
Age (Mean ± SD) | 37 ± 13 | 40 ± 14 | 34 ± 11 | 45 ± 10 | F3,19a = 0.791 p = 0.514 |
Gender (Male) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Χ2 = 0.079 p = 0.994 |
Baseline symptoms (Mean ± SD) | |||||
AHRS | 25.0 ± 7.4 | 19.0 ± 6.8 | 23.4 ± 6.5 | 23.2 ± 7.0 | F3,21 = 0.873 p = 0.471 |
HPSVQ | 25.3 ± 9.1 | 24.8 ± 3.3 | 27.6 ± 3.2 | 25.2 ± 4.5 | F3,21 = 0.231 p = 0.874 |
PANSS | |||||
–Total | 72.4 ± 19.4 | 59.0 ± 15.0 | 67.8 ± 10.1 | 66.0 ± 21.0 | F3,21 = 0.685 p = 0.571 |
–Positive symptoms | 19.5 ± 4.4 | 17.5 ± 4.9 | 18.0 ± 2.7 | 16.8 ± 5.4 | F3,21 = 0.443 p = 0.725 |
–Negative symptoms | 16.4 ± 6.3 | 13.8 ± 5.7 | 16.8 ± 4.2 | 18.2 ± 5.3 | F3,21 = 0.630 p = 0.604 |
–General psychopathology | 36.5 ± 11.5 | 27.7 ± 7.1 | 33.0 ± 5.0 | 31.0 ± 11.6 | F3,21 = 1.02 p = 0.405 |
–Hallucinations | 4.4 ± 0.7 | 4.8 ± 0.8 | 4.6 ± 1.1 | 4.8 ± 0.8 | F3,21 = 0.484 p = 0.697 |
Antipsychotic medication (n) | |||||
Aripiprazole | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Cariprazine | 1 | ||||
Clozapine | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
Fluphenazine | 1 | ||||
Haloperidol | 2 | 1 | |||
Loxapine | 1 | ||||
Lurasidone | 1 | 1 | |||
Olanzapine | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Paliperidone | 1 | 1 | |||
Perphenazine | 2 | ||||
Quetiapine | 1 | 1 | |||
Risperidone | 2 |