Table 2.
Within-group and cross-group comparisons of the total scores of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) scores before and after treatment
| Scales | Mock rTMS mean (sd) [n=22] |
10 Hz stimulation mean (sd) [n=24] |
20 Hz stimulation mean (sd) [n=23] |
Theta burst stimulation mean (sd) [n=24] |
F | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PANSS | ||||||
| before treatment | 78.3 (7.6) | 77.9 (9.2) | 79.2 (6.9) | 76.1 (8.6) | 2.30 | 0.288 |
| after treatment | 76.3 (8.8) | 63.3 (7.7) | 65.8 (7.5) | 58.8 (9.1) | 6.65 | 0.002 |
| F | 1.23 | 4.89 | 5.87 | 6.72 | ||
| p | 0.358 | 0.022 | 0.031 | 0.002 | ||
| SANS | ||||||
| before treatment | 62.8 (10.1) | 59.7 (9.6) | 63.4 (11.2) | 60.3 (10.9) | 1.56 | 0.301 |
| after treatment | 63.5 (9.5) | 49.6 (5.1) | 49.3 (8.1) | 41.3 (10.0) | 5.23 | 0.023 |
| F | 0.08 | 3.30 | 7.77 | 6.80 | ||
| p | 0.136 | 0.042 | 0.007 | 0.005 | ||