EFFICACY AND LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME OF COMORBID POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AFTER ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY
| Autor: | Edwin Simon, Charles B. Nemeroff, Nutan Atre-Vaidya, Lori Moss, Naser Ahmadi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Case-control study Poison control Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease behavioral disciplines and activities Comorbidity 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology 0302 clinical medicine Electroconvulsive therapy Internal medicine Relative risk mental disorders medicine Clinical Global Impression Major depressive disorder Psychiatry Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Depression and Anxiety. 33:640-647 |
| ISSN: | 1091-4269 |
| Popis: | Background Many patients fulfill criteria for both posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is generally acknowledged to be the most-effective treatment for refractory MDD. This study investigated the efficacy of ECT on long-term clinical outcome of comorbid PTSD and MDD. Methods This retrospective nested matched case-control study is inclusive of 22,164 subjects [3,485 with comorbid MDD and PTSD (92 with ECT and 3,393 without ECT) and 18,679 without MDD and PTSD]. Results Using the clinical global impression scale (CGI) to assess efficacy, more-robust improvement of PTSD and MDD symptoms was observed with ECT (90%), compared to antidepressant-treatment alone(50%) (P = 0.001). During the median of 8 years of follow-up, the death-rate was 8% in subjects without PTSD and MDD, 9.7% in PTSD and MDD treated with ECT and 18% in PTSD and MDD without ECT (P 0.05). The relative risk of suicidality, all-cause, and cardiovascular mortality was reduced 64, 65, and 46% in MDD and PTSD patients treated with ECT, compared to those without ECT (P < 0.05). Conclusion ECT is associated with a significant reduction of symptoms of PTSD and MDD, as well as reduction in risk of suicidality, cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality in MDD and PTSD, an effect more robust than antidepressant-therapy alone. |
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