Table 1.
Patient clinical and demographic data
| Accelerated group | Standard Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean/Frequency | SD | Mean/Frequency | SD | |
| Age | 48.2 | 14.4 | 49.9 | 13.3 |
| Sex (M/F) | 25/33 | 24/33 | ||
| Handedness (R/L/Ambidextrous) | 52/3/3 | 45/8/3 | ||
| Diagnosis | ||||
| MDD–single episode | 26 | 17 | ||
| MDD–relapse | 31 | 39 | ||
| BPAD (Y/N) | 8/49 | 8/47 | ||
| Duration of Illness (years) | 19.8 | 13.2 | 21.2 | 13.1 |
| Age of onset (years) | 26.3 | 12.8 | 27.9 | 14.4 |
| Number of depressive episodes | 3.2 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 8.0 |
| Length of current depressive episode (years) | 10.0 | 12.8 | 8.2 | 10.2 |
| Number of past medication trials | 10.7 | 19.6 | 8.6 | 13.8 |
| Previous ECT (Y/N) | 7/51 | 8/49 | ||
| ECT this episode | 5/53 | 6/51 | ||
| CORE total | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| HDRS | 23.0 | 4.1 | 23.3 | 4.5 |
| MADRS | 31.3 | 5.3 | 31.6 | 5.4 |
| BDI | 36.3 | 8.2 | 34.8 | 10.1 |
| SSI | 3.6 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 6.3 |
There were no significant differences across the groups on any variables
MDD major depressive disorder, BPAD bipolar affective disorder, HRSD Hamilton depression rating scale, MADRS Montgomery Asberg depression rating scale, BDI Beck depression inventory, SSI scale of suicidal ideation