Table 4.

Frequency, Intensity, and Burden of Side Effects Rating scale score during treatment

Variable	Time	Accelerated rTMS (A)	Conventional rTMS (B)	Active sham (C)	pvalue	Post-hoc
Frequency of side effects	3 days	0.93 (0.26)	0.83 (0.24)	2 (0.36)	Group: p = 0.021 Time: p = 0.018 Group × time: p = 0.238	(A) < (C) at 3 day (B) < (C)at 3 day (A) < (C) at 6 week
	3 weeks	0.59 (0.14)	0.78 (0.13)	1 (0.19)
	6 weeks	0.53 (0.16)	0.75 (0.15)	1.25 (0.22)
Intensity of side effects	3 days	1.2 (0.28)	1.06 (0.26)	1.63 (0.39)	Group: p = 0.242 Time: p = 0.186 Group × time: p = 0.333	-
	3 weeks	0.59 (0.24)	1.11 (0.21)	1 (0.31)
	6 weeks	0.56 (0.24)	0.99 (0.22)	1.38 (0.32)
Burden of side effects	3 days	0.73 (0.28)	1.11 (0.26)	1.38 (0.38)	Group: p = 0.310 Time: p = 0.295 Group × time: p = 0.555	-
	3 weeks	0.67 (0.28)	0.94 (0.25)	1 (0.38)
	6 weeks	0.64 (0.21)	0.69 (0.20)	1.38 (0.28)

Data are presented as mean (standard error).

rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.