Table 2.
Y-BOCS-SR and CGI-S across 4 weeks of active rTMS and sham to SMA in 18 patients with OCD.
| Dependent measures | Active rTMS (n=9) |
Sham (n=9) |
ANOVAa | ANOVAb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Week 2 | Week 4 | Baseline | Week 2 | Week 4 | |||
| Y-BOCS | 26±5.4 | 21.8±6 | 19.4±5.6 | 26.7±5.5 | 25±6.9 | 23.5±9 | F=12.6, d.f.=2, p=0.000 | ns |
| Y-BOCS-SR* | 26.1±5.7 | 20.4±7.1 | 18.4±8 | 27.3±6.9 | 26.1±8.1 | 25.1±8.9 | F=8.4, d.f.=4, p=0.000 | F=2.8, d.f.=4, p=0.031 |
| CGI-S | 5±0.7 | 4.4±0.8 | 4.1±0.9 | 5.2±0.9 | 5.1±1.1 | 5±1.3 | F=9.3, d.f.=2, p=0.001 | F=3.4, d.f.=2, p=0.044 |
a
Repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), main effect of time.
b
Repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), time by group (active versus sham) interaction.
*
Y-BOCS-SR was administered every week; in the table we report the mean scores obtained every 2 weeks.