Table 10: ANOVAs for Clinical Ratings in Patients With Major Depression Treated With ECT or rTMS, From Grunhaus et al. (59).
| Group Effect | Time Effect | Interaction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating Scale | F (df) | P | F (df) | P | F (df) | P | |
| ANOVA with Repeated Measures of Absolute Scores | |||||||
| HRSD | .1(1, 38) | ns | 60.9(2, 76) | .01 | .1(2, 76) | ns | |
| GDR | .1(1, 38) | ns | 69.3(2, 76) | .01 | .3(2, 76) | ns | |
| PSQI | .02(1, 38) | ns | 5.3(2, 76) | .01 | 2.5(2, 76) | ns | |
| MMSE | 3.1(1, 34 | ns | .9(2, 68) | ns | .5(2, 68) | ns | |
| ANOVA with Repeated Measures of Change Scoresa | |||||||
| BPRS | 1.9(1, 38) | ns | 3.7(1, 38) | .05 | .05(1, 38) | ns | |
| GAF | 2.7(1, 38) | ns | 5.0(1, 38) | .05 | .3(1, 38) | ns | |
ANOVA, analysis of variance; ECT electroconvulsive therapy; rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; HRSD, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; GDR, Global Depression Scale; PSQL, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; BPRS, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, GAF, Global Assessment of Function.
a
Performed on scales with significant baseline differences.
Reprinted from Biological Psychiatry, 53(4), Grunhaus L, Schreiber S, Dolberg OT, Polak D, Dannon PN. A randomized controlled comparison of electroconvulsive therapy and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in severe and resistant nonpsychotic major depression, p. 324-331, Copyright 2003, with permission from the Society of Biological Psychiatry