Table 2.
Changes in QIDS and PHQ‐9 scores in patients: 37.5‐min vs 18.75‐min rTMS protocol
|
37.5‐min protocol |
18.75‐min protocol |
Statistical analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | P | |
| QIDS | |||||||
| Baseline | 13.5 | 2.6 | 14.2 | 2.9 | −7.23 | 28 | 0.48 |
| Week 2 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 9.9 | 4.7 | −4.00 | 26 | 0.69 |
| Week 4 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 8.3 | 5.6 | −0.31 | 26 | 0.76 |
| Week 6 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 5.7 | −0.61 | 26 | 0.55 |
| PHQ‐9 | |||||||
| Baseline | 14.9 | 3.8 | 14.5 | 5.1 | 0.29 | 28 | 0.78 |
| Week 2 | 9.7 | 4.3 | 10.6 | 5.8 | −0.48 | 26 | 0.64 |
| Week 4 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 9.7 | 6.6 | −0.58 | 26 | 0.57 |
| Week 6 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 7.9 | 7.3 | −0.31 | 26 | 0.76 |
Abbreviations: PHQ‐9, patient health questionnaire; QIDS, quick inventory of depressive symptomatology.