ArticleThe journal of ECT2020
Electroconvulsive Therapy in Depression: Improvement in Quality of Life Depending on Age and Sex.
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- Electroconvulsive therapy in children and adolescents in Europe-a systematic review of the literature complemented by expert information and guideline recommendations.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Selective estrogen receptor modifiers on the antidepressant-like effects of electroconvulsive seizures in adolescent rats.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Bibliometric analysis of research in epilepsy and comorbid depression from 2014 to 2023.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Comparing the antidepressant-like effects of electroconvulsive seizures in adolescent and adult female rats: an intensity dose-response study.Biology of sex differences · 2023Article
- Aromatase Inhibition and Electroconvulsive Seizures in Adolescent Rats: Antidepressant and Long-Term Cognitive Sex Differences.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Electroconvulsive seizures regulate various stages of hippocampal cell genesis and mBDNF at different times after treatment in adolescent and adult rats of both sexes.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023Article
- Focal points of preanesthesia evaluations for electroconvulsive therapy in patients with depression: a retrospective analysis of clinical characteristics in nonremission.BMC anesthesiology · 2022Article
- Combination of electroconvulsive stimulation with ketamine or escitalopram protects the brain against inflammation and oxidative stress induced by maternal deprivation and is critical for associated behaviors in male and female rats.Molecular neurobiology · 2022Article
- Real-world evidence of age-independent electroconvulsive therapy efficacy: A retrospective cohort study.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesIt is uncertain if there are variations in the improvement of quality in life between sexes and age groups after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The aim of this study was to investigate how health-related quality of life changed after treatment and to examine differences in the results between sex and age groups.
methodsThis register-based study used data from the Swedish national quality register for ECT. The study population was patients diagnosed with depression who had received ECT. Health-related quality of life was quantified using the 3-level version the EuroQol 5-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D 3 L). Analysis of variance was used to compare change in EQ-5D score from pretreatment to posttreatment between sex and age groups.
resultsThere was a statistically significant improvement in EQ-5D index score and EQ visual analog scale (VAS) score in all patient groups after ECT. The mean improvement in EQ-5D index score and EQ-VAS score ranged from 0.31 to 0.46 and 28.29 to 39.79, respectively. Elderly patients had greater improvement in EQ-5D index score and EQ-VAS score than younger patients. There was no significant difference in improvement between the sexes. The mean improvement in EQ-5D index score was 0.40 for male patients and 0.41 for female patients.
conclusionsElectroconvulsive therapy had a considerable effect on health-related quality of life in patients with depression of both sexes and all age groups. The improvement was greatest in elderly patients, who more often had psychotic features. More studies are needed to investigate the long-term effects of ECT and to further explain the varying treatment results between elderly and younger patients.
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