Table 1.
Baseline patient characteristics for adolescents and young adults who had initial administrations of BASIS-24, substance use screening, and BASIS-24 after the fifth ECT.
| Study Population (N=190) | |
|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD) | 21.03 ± 2.58 |
| N(%) | |
| Female | 98 (51.57) |
| Race/Ethnicity1 | |
| White | 161 (84.73) |
| Black | 4 (2.10) |
| Asian | 18 (9.47) |
| Latino/a | 10 (5.26) |
| Education | |
| Some high school | 26 (13.68) |
| High school graduate/GED | 31 (16.31) |
| Some college | 110 (57.89) |
| 4-year college graduate | 17 (8.94) |
| Post-college education | 5 (2.63) |
| N Missing | 1 |
| Physical Health Rating | |
| Very poor | 3 (1.57) |
| Poor | 20 (10.52) |
| Good | 97 (51.05) |
| Very good | 51 (26.84) |
| Excellent | 18 (9.47) |
| N Missing | 1 |
| Screened positive for Substance Use Disorder | 122 (64.21) |
| N Missing | 0 |
| Location where patient received initial ECT | |
| Inpatient | 129 (67.89) |
| Residential | 16 (8.42) |
| Outpatient | 45 (23.68) |
| N Missing | 0 |
| ECT Placement2 | |
| Unilateral | 179 (94.2) |
| Bilateral | 7 (3.7) |
| N Missing | 4 (2.1) |
| ECT Parameters2 | |
| Brief | 15 (7.9) |
| Ultrabrief | 171 (90.0) |
| N Missing | 4 (2.1) |
| Clinical Diagnosis | |
| Bipolar disorder, without psychosis | 19 (10.11) |
| Bipolar disorder, with psychotic features | 8 (4.26) |
| Depressive disorder, without psychosis | 118 (62.11) |
| Depressive disorder, with psychotic features | 10 (5.32) |
| Primary psychotic disorder | 31 (16.49) |
| Other | 1 (0.53) |
| Unknown | 3 (1.60) |
| Baseline BASIS-24 Scores3 (mean (SD)) | |
| Depression/Functioning | 2.69 (0.88) |
| Interpersonal Relationships | 1.78 (0.73) |
| Psychosis | 0.61 (0.89) |
| Self-harm | 1.68 (1.21) |
| Emotional Lability | 1.70 (1.06) |
1
Categories are not mutually exclusive
2
Parameters given for initial ECT treatment
3
BASIS-24 scores: 0 = none, 1 = a little, 2 = moderate, 3 = quite a bit, 4 = extreme difficulty
BASIS-24: Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale-24; ECT: electroconvulsive therapy; SD: Standard Deviation; GED: general equivalency diploma;