Meta-analysis on QEEG Changes to Antidepressant Treatment Among Patients with Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of the review

Diagnostic and treatment accuracy of depression can lead to a better and possibly earlier response and remission in patients. The literature, though scanty, seems to suggest that quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) can predict the outcome of antidepressant effects.

Collection and analysis of data

Articles published between January 1990 and July 2019, including those dealing with QEEG recordings before and after the initiation of antidepressant medication, were included. The pooled effect size and subgroup analysis of waveforms were calculated to predict response to antidepressants. In all, 572 results were retrieved from the searches, of which 20 studies were included. Pooled data using a random-effects model (REM) calculated an effect size of 0.

SUBMITTER: Srivastava A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572393 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature