Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (N = 111).

From: Electroconvulsive therapy improves distal colonic motility via the subdiaphragmatic vagus nerve in depressive-like mice

Variables

Results

Age (Mean ± SD, years)

40.05 ± 9.64

Gender (male/female)

57/54

Education level (years)

11.28 ± 3.18

Episodes (first/recurrence, n)

27/84

Disease duration (months)

24.50 ± 10.10

Number of ECT sessions

8.23 ± 2.83

HAMD

 

Baseline

23.46 ± 5.96

After ECT

3.98 ± 2.14*

  1. ‘First’ refers to patients experiencing their first depressive episode, while ‘Recurrence’ refers to patients with a history of one or more previous depressive episodes.
  2. ECT, electroconvulsive therapy; HAMD, Hamilton rating scale of depression.
  3. *p < 0.05.
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