Table 1.

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Articles Used in the Study

Inclusion Criteria
Youth
Report TRD or patients who have had ≥ 2 previous treatments
Youth and young adult population aged 13–25 y
Report on 1 of the following:
Effectiveness of rTMS in comparison to placebo, pharmacologic therapy, cognitive therapy, or ECT
Effectiveness of 1 type/protocol of rTMS treatment in comparison to another type/protocol of rTMS treatment
Bipolar or unipolar depression
Patients who have not been treated with rTMS prior to the study
Controlled clinical trials, RCTs, cohort studies
Adults
Report TRD or patients who have had ≥ 2 previous treatments
Adult population ≥ 18 y
Report on 1 of the following:
Efficacy of rTMS in comparison to placebo, pharmacologic therapy, cognitive therapy, or ECT
Efficacy of 1 type/protocol of rTMS treatment in comparison to another type/protocol of rTMS treatment
Bipolar or unipolar depression
Report remission and/or response rates using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale, or Beck Depression Inventory
Patients who have not been treated with rTMS prior to the study
RCT study design
Exclusion Criteria
Not TRD or do not report whether patients have TRD
Nonoriginal data
Not rTMS
Not unipolar or bipolar depression
Animal models
Preclinical and biological studies
Studies reported only in abstract or as poster presentations
Not reporting on efficacy/effectiveness of rTMS
Studies including patients who have not responded to rTMS in previous treatments
Case studies, case series

Abbreviations: ECT = electroconvulsive therapy, rTMS = repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, RCT = randomized controlled trial, TRD = treatment-resistant depression.