Hostname: page-component-745bb68f8f-lrblm Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-01-09T19:51:01.216Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Findings from real-world clinical practice on tDCS treatment of MDD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2023

A. Panhelainen
A. Panhelainen*
Affiliation:
Sooma Oy, Helsinki, Finland

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Abstract

This study characterizes the real-world effectiveness and tolerability of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and aims to identify predictors of treatment outcome in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Treatment data was collected by the treating physician to a structured data collection form, from the patients who were treated with tDCS as part of routine clinical practice (F3 - F4 electrode montage, 2 mA, 30-mins sessions, 5 sessions per week, 2–3 weeks + maintenance treatment according to patient’s individual needs). Symptoms were scored according to common validated depression scales before and after the tDCS treatment. The study outcomes were clinical response (defined as >50% reduction from the baseline depression score) and remission. Furthermore, the data set allowed to investigate possible predictors of outcome, such as use of psychotropics and baseline depression severity. Overall, tDCS was found to be an effective and safe treatment for MDD in real-world patient population.

Disclosure of Interest

None Declared

Type
Abstract
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 66 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2023 , pp. S46
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association
Submit a response

Comments

No Comments have been published for this article.