Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Functional Outcomes Among Medicare Patients With Comorbid Depression and Dementia: A Nationwide 1-Year Follow-Up Study.
Wilkinson S, Sint K, Forester B, Rhee T. Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Functional Outcomes Among Medicare Patients With Comorbid Depression and Dementia: A Nationwide 1-Year Follow-Up Study. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2023, 84 PMID: 36700843, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.22m14583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectroconvulsive therapyFunctional outcomeComorbid depressionPrincipal psychiatric diagnosisRandomized clinical trialsECT cohortECT patientsComparable cohortsSafe treatmentClinical trialsMedicare patientsCurrent treatmentFunctional declineLimited efficacyPropensity score methodsPsychiatric disordersSummary scoresPsychiatric diagnosisLarger sample sizeMultivariate analysisPsychological symptomsDementiaPatientsOlder adultsCohort