Table 3 Mean and standard deviation of reported side effects and outcome measures, along with ANOVA results for the side effects.

From: Cognitive and emotional effects of bilateral prefrontal anodal tDCS and high-frequency tRNS in schizophrenia: a randomized sham-controlled study

Measures

Stimulation condition, M (SD)

Statistics

 

Sham

anodal tDCS

HF-tRNS

df

F

p

Pain

1.06 (0.23)

1.08 (0.28)

1.14 (0.35)

2,70

0.761

0.470

Itching

1.11 (0.32)

1.31 (0.52)

1.36 (0.11)

2,70

2.369

0.099

Fatigue

1.25 (0.44)

1.31 (0.48)

1.19 (0.40)

2,70

0.583

0.560

Burning

1.11 (0.46)

1.25 (0.44)

1.12 (0.38)

2,70

0.957

0.387

Skin Redness

1 (0.00)

1.08 (0.28)

1.06 (0.23)

2,70

1.467

0.235

Focus problem

1.17 (0.38)

1.17 (0.38)

1.19 (0.40)

2,70

0.062

0.940

Cognitive outcome measures

SWM error

42.78 (13.05)

36.92 (10.55)

34.83 (13.61)

–

–

–

SWM strategy

38.06 (3.8)

39.69 (3.77)

37.75 (4.03)

–

–

–

SOC- mean problem solved

4.61 (2.06)

7.42 (1.25)

7.53 (1.95)

–

–

–

SOC- 2 moves

2.78 (1.31)

2.47 (1.03)

2.76 (1.02)

–

–

–

SOC - 3 moves

4.6 (1.06)

3.18 (0.5)

3.28 (0.85)

–

–

–

SOC - 4 moves

6.68 (0.93)

5.02 (0.85)

5.97 (1.51)

–

–

–

SOC - 5 moves

6.61 (2.21)

5.86 (1.11)

6.53 (1.52)

–

–

–

  1. tDCS transcranial direct current stimulation, tRNS transcranial random noise stimulation, M mean, SD standard deviation, SWM spatial working memory, SOC Stockings of Cambridge.
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