Table 3.
Comparison of the three subscale scores of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) across the four treatment groups before and after treatment
| Subscale | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| negative symptom scale | ||||||
| before treatment | 38.6 (2.1) | 37.6 (5.1) | 36.2 (8.8) | 38.7 (7.4) | 1.37 | 0.123 |
| after treatment | 39.2 (3.3) | 31.0 (0.1) | 26.5 (5.1) | 23.5 (8.1) | 10.55 | 0.003 |
| F | 2.02 | 4.41 | 9.93 | 12.89 | ||
| p | 0.269 | 0.048 | 0.008 | <0.001 | ||
| positive symptom scale | ||||||
| before treatment | 15.1 (1.0) | 14.1 (2.5) | 17.8 (0.0) | 13.3 (3.5) | 1.77 | 0.630 |
| after treatment | 14.0 (0.1) | 13.2 (1.7) | 16.0 (0.4) | 16.0 (0.2) | 2.55 | 0.538 |
| F | 0.93 | 1.11 | 2.00 | 1.41 | ||
| p | 0.478 | 0.566 | 0.704 | 0.671 | ||
| general psychopathology scale | ||||||
| before treatment | 25.8 (3.3) | 26.0 (2.1) | 26.4 (3.5) | 25.4 (2.6) | 2.26 | 0.702 |
| after treatment | 24.1 (2.7) | 19.4 (3.3) | 24.1 (0.8) | 19.9 (1.1) | 8.83 | 0.043 |
| F | 2.80 | 5.42 | 2.64 | 3.03 | ||
| p | 0.170 | 0.037 | 0.169 | 0.033 | ||