Table 1.
The results of Hamilton and Wechsler’ Memory Scales in 22 patients with depression by two methods of electroconvulsive therapy and intravenous ketamine in various stages of treatment and follow-up
| Follow-up time | Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton scale | Wechsler Memory Scale† | |||||
| ECT group | Ketamine group | P* | ECT group | Ketamine group | P* | |
| Before therapy | 26.1±3.8 | 24.6±2.4 | 0.3 | 50.3±8.8 | 42.9±8.2 | 0.8 |
| Session 1 therapy | 24.5±4.2 | 20.9±2.4 | 0.6 | - | - | |
| Session 2 therapy | 23.4±4.4 | 19.1±3.9 | 0.5 | - | - | |
| Session 3 therapy | 21.9±3.5 | 17.9±3.1 | 0.8 | - | - | |
| Session 4 therapy | 19±2.2 | 17.3±3.3 | 0.4 | - | - | |
| Session 5 therapy | 16.6±2.6 | 16.8±4.4 | 0.3 | - | - | |
| Session 6 therapy | 14.7±3.3 | 16.4±4.1 | 0.6 | - | - | |
| 1-week later | 13.6±3.1 | 16.9±3.3 | 0.5 | 47±8.9 | 50.4±8.4 | 0.5 |
| 1-month later | 12.9±2.6 | 19.4±1.5 | 0.3 | 47.8±9.5 | 49.8±9.9 | 0.3 |
| 2-months later | 12.5±2.9 | 21.1±1.6 | 0.1 | - | - | |
| 3-months later | 13.9±2.9 | 22.6±1.8 | 0.4 | - | - | |
The results reported as mean±1SD. *P-values computed by GLM repeated measures of ANOVA, †Wechsler Memory Scale evaluated in the patients before therapy, 1 week after and 1 month after therapy. ECT: Electroconvulsive therapy, SD: Standard deviation, GLM: General linear model