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Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychiatry. 2025 Jan 29;86(1):24m15399. doi: 10.4088/JCP.24m15399

Table 3.

Treatment Outcome of First ECT Course

Characteristic	Nonpsychotic depression (N = 427)^a	Psychotic depression (N = 115)^a	P value^b
CGI improvement from baseline
1—Very much improved	114 (27%)	47 (41%)	.003
2—Much improved	208 (49%)	44 (38%)	.046
3—Minimally Improved	71 (17%)	16 (14%)	.5
4—No improvement or worse	34 (8.0%)	8 (7.0%)	.7
CGI cognitive impairment rating
1—No impairment present	146 (34%)	37 (32%)	.7
2—Impairment present but not functionally impairing	191 (45%)	50 (43%)	.8
3—Impairment present and functionally impairing	74 (17%)	23 (20%)	.5
4—Impairment present and outweighs therapeutic benefit	16 (3.7%)	5 (4.3%)	.8

n (%).

Pearson χ² test, Fisher exact test.

Abbreviations: CGI = Clinical Global Impression, ECT = electroconvulsive therapy.