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. 2021 May 28;11:330. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01441-4

Table 2.

Outcomes of other instruments assessed in single RCTs.

Study Comparison Instrument/outcome Finding
Blumberger 20181 rTMS vs. TBS IDS-30; response ≥50% from baseline TBS non-inferior to HFL rTMS
Blumberger 20181 rTMS vs. TBS QIDS-SR; response ≥50% from baseline TBS non-inferior to HFL rTMS
Blumberger 20181 rTMS vs. TBS BSI-A; response ≥50% from baseline TBS non-inferior to HFL rTMS
Blumberger 20181 rTMS vs. TBS IDS-30; remission <14 TBS non-inferior to HFL rTMS
Blumberger 20181 rTMS vs. TBS QIDS-SR; remission <6 TBS non-inferior to rTMS
Desmyter 201412 TBS vs. sham BSI score P < 0.01 favoring TBS
Plewnia 201417 TBS vs. sham MARDS ≤ 50% from baseline; response P = 0.048 favoring TBS
Mielacher 201916 Once vs. twice daily TBS HRSD percent reduction P = 0.043 favoring twice daily TBS

BSI Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (Beck & Steer 1991), BSI-A Brief Symptom Inventory-Anxiety subscale (BSI; Derogatis & Melisaratos, 1983); IDS-3 Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology, 30-item (Rush et al. 1996); MADRS Montgomery-Åsberg, Depression Rating Scale (Montgomery & Asberg 1979); QIDS-SR = 16 item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (Self-Report version) (Rush et al. 2003).