Individual response to electroconvulsive therapy is not correlated between multiple treatment courses.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) effectively treats depressive disorders, but many patients will have subsequent relapses. While some guidelines suggest prior response to ECT is an indication for ECT in a subsequent mood episode, it is unknown whether response to ECT is correlated between treatment courses. This study explores whether response to ECT at a first treatment correlates with response to treatment in a second independent ECT course.

Methods

Single-center retrospective cohort of patients receiving two different ECT treatment courses between 2011 and 2020 and who self-reported depression symptoms using the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS) at baseline and following treatment #5.

Results

286 patients received two independent ECT ser

SUBMITTER: Hart KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8709707 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature