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Trial reportMedicine2020

The therapeutic effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in elderly depression patients.

Lilei Dai, Peng Wang, Panpan Zhang, Qingshan Guo, Hui Du, Fen Li, Xinfu He, Rongrong Luan

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on sleep quality and mood in patients with major depressive disorder.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lilei DaiDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Jingmen NO.2 People's Hospital, Jingmen, Hubei.
Peng WangDepartment of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Xi'an Central Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi.
Panpan ZhangDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Jingmen Oral Hospital, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
Qingshan GuoDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Jingmen NO.2 People's Hospital, Jingmen, Hubei.
Hui DuDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Jingmen NO.2 People's Hospital, Jingmen, Hubei.
Fen LiDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Jingmen NO.2 People's Hospital, Jingmen, Hubei.
Xinfu HeDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Jingmen NO.2 People's Hospital, Jingmen, Hubei.
Rongrong LuanDepartment of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Xi'an Central Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi.
First People’s Hospital of Jingmen · CNXi'an Jiaotong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDepression, a common psychiatric disorder in elderly, serves as a remarkable precipitating factor for suicide among the elderly people. Here, a randomized double-blinded study was performed to investigate the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on improving the clinical symptoms and reducing suicidal ideation in elderly patients with depression.

methodsIn this study, 103 elderly patients with depression and suicidal ideation were randomly divided into 2 groups, 48 cases in the rTMS group and 55 cases in the control group (sham rTMS). Both groups received routine drug therapy with rTMS or sham rTMS. The patients received evaluation by Hamilton depression scale and self-rating idea of suicide scale before treatment and after 2 and 4 weeks of treatment, respectively.

resultsThe measurement from the present study demonstrated that Hamilton depression scale and self-rating idea of suicide scale scores decreased to varying degrees in the 2 groups after treatment, and the decrease was more significant in rTMS group. The rate of marked effectiveness was much higher in rTMS group after 2 weeks of treatment compared with the control group. Furthermore, the rate of moderate effectiveness at 4 weeks after treatment was significantly higher in rTMS group compared with the control group.

conclusionTogether, the present study shows that rTMS with routine drug therapy exhibited effect with quick onset to improve the clinical symptoms and reduce suicidal ideation in elderly patients with depression.

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Suicidal IdeationAgedAged, 80 and overAntidepressive AgentsCombined Modality TherapyDepressionDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesTranscranial Magnetic StimulationTreatment OutcomeAntidepressive Agents

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PMID32769884
PMCPMC7593033
OpenAlexW3047184274

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