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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Stimul. 2020 Jan 15;13(3):539–547. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2020.01.007

Table 2.

Total events by type presented per case reported and number needed to harm. NNH = number needed to harm, calculated for events that were more likely to occur with active compared to sham rTMS as: 1/Absolute Risk Increase (Absolute Risk Increase = Active rTMS event rate – Sham rTMS event rate).

Adverse Event Sham
Active
NNH
n % n %
Headache 4 20% 4 20%
Pain at application site 1 5% 1 5%
Neck pain 0 0% 1 5% 20
Nose bleed 1 5% 0 0%
Nausea 0 0% 1 5% 20
Laceration 1 5% 0 0%
Congestion 0 0% 1 5% 20
Other 1 5% 1 5%