Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41898296›Full record

ArticleBiomedicines2026

Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Older Inpatients with Depression: A Real-World Comparison of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Depressive Symptoms and Functional Recovery.

Michele Prato, Barbara Barbini, Filippo Frizzi, Matteo Carminati, Greta Verri, Sebastiano Busseni Cantoni, Thomas Kafka, Raffaella Zanardi, Cristina Colombo

Erratum issuedAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Biomedicines, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Michele PratoDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20127 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-6525-8815
Barbara BarbiniDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20127 Milan, Italy.
Filippo FrizziDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20127 Milan, Italy.
Matteo CarminatiDepartment of Psychiatry, Mood Disorder Unit, Scientific Institute IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20127 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-9014-0273
Greta VerriDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20127 Milan, Italy.
Sebastiano Busseni CantoniDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20127 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0006-4847-8902
Thomas KafkaDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20127 Milan, Italy.
Raffaella ZanardiDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20127 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5941-5663
Cristina ColomboDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20127 Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

global functioninglate-life depression (LLD)non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS)repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Identifiers

PMID41898296
PMCPMC13024117

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.