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Tiredness in acute and chronic depression treated with transcranial magnetic stimulation
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Pridmore, S and Erger, S and Rybak, M and May, T, Tiredness in acute and chronic depression treated with transcranial magnetic stimulation, American Journal of Medical Research, 6, (2) pp. 7-18. ISSN 2334-4814 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Background: Tiredness is used in some characterizations of major depressive disorder (MDD). Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) lowers all symptoms of MDD.
Objective: To explore whether, 1) a visual analogue scale (VAS) for tiredness is a valid and reliable measure of a feature of MDD, and 2) TMS treatment reduces subjective tiredness occurring in MDD.
Method: A naturalistic study of treatment with 10 Hz TMS. Completed pre- and post-treatment: HAMD-6, a visual analogue scale (VAS-6), the Clinical Global Impression – Severity (CGI-S) and a ‘VAS-tiredness’. Two groups received TMS. Acute course: N=52 participants suffering acute MDD, received 20 treatment courses (total courses 86). Relapse prevention (RP) course: N=26 participants suffering chronic relapsing MDD received scheduled episodic courses over 3 days; (total courses 266). VAS-tiredness scores were compared with the standardized tool results.
Results: There were significant medium to large correlations between pre- and post-treatment VAS-tiredness and the standard depression measures (HAMD-6 .406 to .447, VAS-6 .446 to .525, CGI-S .348 to .407; all p<.001). TMS treatment produced a significant reduction in VAS tiredness in both (Acute course and RP) groups (main effect: F(1,350)=147.3, p<.001, η2=.30). The two groups displayed difference in the pre-treatment VAStiredness with the Acute group having higher scores pre-treatment. Post-treatment tiredness scores were similar.
Conclusion: -tiredness is a valid measure of a feature of MDD. VAS-tiredness provides potentially useful information and complements standard mood tools. TMS treatment can reduce tiredness in MDD.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | VAS-tiredness, MDD, TMS treatment |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Mental health services |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Mental health |
UTAS Author: | Pridmore, S (Professor Saxby Pridmore) |
ID Code: | 134343 |
Year Published: | 2019 |
Deposited By: | Medicine |
Deposited On: | 2019-08-08 |
Last Modified: | 2020-08-14 |
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