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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2023 Aug 29;148(6):553–560. doi: 10.1111/acps.13603

Table 1:

baseline demographics of the sample

Analysis sample
(n=2554)
Overall No suicidal ideation at baseline Any suicidal ideation at baseline
N 2554 623 1931
Age (mean (SD)), years 46.7 (16.7) 51.4 (16.7) 45.1 (16.3)
Sex
 Male 1065 (41.7) 264 (42.4) 801 (41.5)
 Female 1489 (58.3) 359 (57.6) 1130 (58.5)
Race
American Indian or Alaskan Native 27 (1.1) 5 (0.8) 22 (1.1)
 Asian 63 (2.5) 15 (2.4) 48 (2.5)
 African American or Black 42 (1.6) 8 (1.3) 34 (1.8)
 White 2313 (90.6) 570 (91.5) 1743 (90.3)
 Other 12 (0.5) 5 (0.8) 7 (0.4)
 Unknown 97 (3.8) 20 (3.2) 77 (3.9)
Subjective Physical Health
Very poor 39 (1.5) 6 (0.9) 33 (1.7)
 Poor 331 (12.9) 70 (11.2) 261 (13.5)
 Good 1427 (55.9) 326 (52.3) 1101 (57.0)
 Very good 584 (22.9) 163 (26.2) 421 (21.8)
 Excellent 155 (6.1) 54 (8.7) 101 (5.3)
 Unknown 18 (0.7) 4 (0.6) 14 (0.7)
Clinical Diagnosis
 Major depressive disorder 1869 (73.2) 422 (67.7) 1447 (74.9)
 Bipolar affective disorder 548 (21.5) 149 (23.9) 399 (20.7)
 Other 56 (2.2) 18 (2.9) 38 (1.9)
Unknown 81 (3.2) 34 (5.5) 47 (2.4)
Baseline QIDS (mean (SD)) 17.04 (4.9) 12.8 (4.9) 18.4 (4.1)
Baseline QIDS SI
  0 623 (24.4) 623 (100) 0 (0.0)
  1 836 (32.7) 0 (0.0) 836 (43.3)
  2 618 (24.2) 0 (0.0) 618 (32.0)
  3 477 (18.7) 0 (0.0) 477 (24.7)
Baseline MoCA (mean (SD)) 27.2 (10.4) 27.2 (12.5) 27.2 (9.6)
ECT pulse width
 0.3 or 0.37 2293 (89.8) 525 (84.3) 1768 (91.6)
 0.5 65 (2.6) 21 (3.4) 44 (2.3)
1.0 196 (7.7) 77 (12.4) 119 (6.2)
 ECT electrode placement
 Unilateral 2442 (95.6) 579 (92.9) 1863 (96.5)
 Bilateral 112 (4.4) 44 (7.1) 68 (3.5)