Predicting the Outcome of Endogenous Depression Following Electroconvulsive Therapy
作者:
Chittaranjan Andrade,
B. Gangadhar,
G. Swaminath,
S. Channabasavanna,
期刊:
Convulsive Therapy
(OVID Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 4,
issue 2
页码: 169-174
ISSN:0749-8055
年代: 1988
出版商: OVID
关键词: Electroconvulsive therapy;Prediction of response;Endogenous depression;Newcastle Diagnostic Index;Newcastle Prognostic Index;Hobson Index;Mendels Index
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Endogenous depression is known to be associated with good outcome following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). In a double-blind, prospective study, we applied three clinical predictive indices and one diagnostic index to a cohort of 29 endogenous depressed patients, to obtain better predictors of outcome following ECT. The Newcastle Prognostic Index identified ECT responders with high specificity but low sensitivity; other indices, such as those described by Hobson (1953) and by Mendels (1967), were neither sensitive nor specific in predictive standards. If ECT-treated depressed patients are preselected for endogenous symptomatology, fresh clinical predictive indices need to be developed.
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