Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants and paired t-test results in test variables of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, Verbal Fluency Test, Stroop Test, and Beck Depression Inventory.
| N rTMS group | N control group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 8 (40%) | 57 (71/25%) | ||||||
| Female | 12 (60%) | 23 (28/75%) | ||||||
| Medication | ||||||||
| Tricyclics | 11 (24/4%) | |||||||
| Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor | 4 (9%) | |||||||
| Atypical antipsychotics | 14 (31/1%) | |||||||
| Mood stabilizers | 16 (35/5%) | |||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | P | Eta squared | |
| Executive function | ||||||||
| Preservative errors (WCST) | 4.95 | 2.76 | 2.25 | 2.40 | 4.64 | 19 | 0.0001 | 0.51 |
| Total errors (WCST) | 14.45 | 4.80 | 11.80 | 4.84 | 2.38 | 19 | 0.03 | 0.23 |
| Total efforts (WCST) | 57.35 | 4.20 | 53.55 | 5.50 | 2.52 | 19 | 0.02 | 0.25 |
| Completed number of categories (WCST) | 4.70 | 1.71 | 5.10 | 1.48 | -1.32 | 19 | 0.20 | 0.08 |
| Phonetic fluency | 34.65 | 15.45 | 37.40 | 14.73 | -1.28 | 19 | 0.21 | 0.07 |
| Semantic fluency | 53.95 | 9.70 | 57.05 | 12.37 | -1.72 | 19 | 0.10 | 0.14 |
| Memory and verbal learning | ||||||||
| Total recall | 12.45 | 1.82 | 13.95 | 1.57 | -4.56 | 19 | 0.0001 | 0.52 |
| Immediate recall | 10.55 | 2.80 | 13.45 | 1.60 | -5.66 | 19 | 0.0001 | 0.62 |
| Delayed recall | 10.88 | 3.02 | 13.30 | 2.57 | -3.84 | 19 | 0.001 | 0.43 |
| Recognition | 13.90 | 1.21 | 14.45 | 0.88 | -1.99 | 19 | 0.06 | 0.17 |
| Attention and focus | ||||||||
| Stroop interference | 0.77 | 2.10 | 0.50 | 1.85 | 0.63 | 19 | 0.54 | 0.002 |
| Depression symptoms | ||||||||
| Beck depression inventory | 30.15 | 10.05 | 15.25 | 8.37 | 4.77 | 19 | 0.0001 | 0.54 |