Table 4.

Comparison of patients treated with acute and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Variable	Maintenance ECT	Acute ECT	p value*
Patient (n)	11	100
Age (yr)	53.9±9.5	38.8±13.9	0.01†
Number of hospitalizations	3.1±2.5	5.0±4.1	0.37
Receive ECT previously	0.6±1.2	2.4±1.2	0.00†
Duration of illness (mo)	101.9±96.1	201.5±114.9	0.02†

Values are presented as number only or mean±standard deviation.

^*Mann Whitney U test was performed.

^†p<0.05.