TABLE 3.
Clinical Characteristics of the ECT Patients
| CARE Network Site | Main Indication for ECT, n (%)* | Urgent Reason for ECT, n (%)* | Past Partial/Good Response to ECT, n (%)* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Site 1 | Mania: 3/22 (13.6) | Mania: 1/16 (6.3) | 7/22 (31.8) | 11/21 (52.4) | 5/18 (27.8) | 4/12 (33.3) |
| Depression: 17/22 (77.4) | Depression: 9/16 (56.2) | |||||
| SCZ/SAD: 1/22 (4.5) | SCZ/SAD: 3/16 (18.7) | |||||
| Catatonia: 1/22 (4.5) | Catatonia: 1/16 (6.3) | |||||
| Other: 0 | Other: 2/16 (12.5) | |||||
| Site 2 | Mania: 4/20 (20.0) | Mania: 2/11 (18.2) | 6/17 (35.3) | 6/11 (54.5) | 1/9 (11.1) | 4/5 (80.0) |
| Depression: 14/20 (70.0) | Depression: 5/11 (45.4) | |||||
| SCZ/SAD: 1/20 (5.0) | SCZ/SAD: 3/11 (27.3) | |||||
| Catatonia: 0 | Catatonia: 1/11 (9.1) | |||||
| Other: 1/20 (5.0) | Other: 0 | |||||
| Site 3 | Mania: 1/5 (20.0) | Mania: 0 | 3/5 (60.0) | 1/10 (10.0) | 2/5 (40.0) | 4/5 (80.0) |
| Depression: 3/5 (60.0) | Depression: 6/7 (85.7) | |||||
| SCZ/SAD: 1/5 (20.0) | SCZ/SAD: 1/7 (14.3) | |||||
| Catatonia: 0 | Catatonia: 0 | |||||
| Other: 0 | Other: 0 | |||||
| Site 4 | Mania: 4/32 (12.5) | Mania: 5/31 (16.1) | 5/32 (15.6) | 8/31 (25.8) | 13/32 (40.6) | 12/31 (38.7) |
| Depression: 5/32 (15.6) | Depression: 7/31 (22.6) | |||||
| SCZ/SAD: 18/32 (56.3) | SCZ/SAD: 15/31 (48.3) | |||||
| Catatonia: 5/32 (15.6) | Catatonia: 2/31 (6.5) | |||||
| Other: 0 | Other: 2/31 (6.5) | |||||
| Site 5 | Mania: 2/15 (13.3) | Mania: 4/23 (17.4) | 6/15 (40.0) | 13/24 (54.2) | 8/15 (53.3) | 12/21 (57.1) |
| Depression: 9/15 (60.0) | Depression: 10/23 (43.4) | |||||
| SCZ/SAD: 1/15 (6.7) | SCZ/SAD: 8/23 (34.9) | |||||
| Catatonia: 3/15 (20.0) | Catatonia: 1/23 (4.3) | |||||
| Other: 0 | Other: 0 | |||||
| CARE Network total | Mania: 14/94 (14.9) | Mania: 12/88 (13.6) | 27/91 (29.7) | 39/97 (40.2)† | 29/79 (36.7) | 36/74 (48.6) |
| Depression: 48/94 (51.0) | Depression: 37/88 (42.1) | |||||
| SCZ/SAD: 22/94 (23.4) | SCZ/SAD: 30/88 (34.1) | |||||
| Catatonia: 9/94 (9.6) | Catatonia: 5/88 (5.7) | |||||
| Other: 1/94 (1.1) | Other: 4/88 (4.5) | |||||
Urgent reasons for acute ECT: suicide risk, aggression/agitation, and inadequate oral intake; nonurgent reasons for ECT: failure of medication, previous good response to ECT, patient preference, and poor tolerability/risks with medications.
*Inconsistencies in numbers across variables within the same site due to missing data.
†P < 0.05.
SAD indicates schizoaffective disorder; SCZ, schizophrenia.