TY - JOUR

T1 - Pulsewidth in ECT

T2 - a reminder that efficacy trumps tolerability

AU - Kellner, Charles H

AU - Jørgensen, Martin Balslev

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - n this issue of the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry [Citation1] show that pulsewidth has no effect on quality of life after ECT; quality of life (QOL) improves with any pulsewidth ECT. This is not surprising, given that QOL is a blunt measure and ECT is so effective that most techniques work quite well. Is QOL a proxy for preserved antidepressant efficacy, or preserved cognition, or both? It would be most helpful to have data on depression symptoms and cognitive outcomes from the Swedish register, as well as the QOL data

AB - n this issue of the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry [Citation1] show that pulsewidth has no effect on quality of life after ECT; quality of life (QOL) improves with any pulsewidth ECT. This is not surprising, given that QOL is a blunt measure and ECT is so effective that most techniques work quite well. Is QOL a proxy for preserved antidepressant efficacy, or preserved cognition, or both? It would be most helpful to have data on depression symptoms and cognitive outcomes from the Swedish register, as well as the QOL data

KW - Humans

KW - Electroconvulsive Therapy/adverse effects

KW - Treatment Outcome

U2 - 10.1080/08039488.2023.2292245

DO - 10.1080/08039488.2023.2292245

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 38113164

VL - 78

SP - 93

EP - 94

JO - Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Supplement

JF - Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Supplement

SN - 0803-9496

IS - 2

ER -