Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION AND AGITATION AS A PREDICTOR OF RESPONSE TO ECT

Dr. Vaishal N. Vora, Dr. Manasvi Jariwala

Abstract :

                                                       

                   OBJECTIVE– TO ESTABLISH CORELATIONSHIP PSYCHOMOTOR CHANGES AND ECT     RESPONSE IN PATIENTS OF MDD   

 

                   STUDY POPULATION–60 SUBJECTS WHO WERE HAVING MDD AND WERE REQUIRING ATLEAST 6 ECTs, AMONG THEM 22 WERE HAVING PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION, WHILE 38 WERE HAVING PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION.

 

STUDY DURATION–  FROM DEC. 2001 TO FEB 2002

                                   AND FROM JAN. 2010 TO NOV.2012( BI–PHASIC)  

 

OPERTIONAL CRITERIA—SUBJECTS WHO UNDERWENT 6 ECTS WERE ASSASED ON BASIS OF HDRS AND ITEM 8AND 9 OF HDRS

 

ANALYSIS–––STATISTICAL VALUES WERE ANALYSED ON TH EBASIS OF DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES LIKE PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY, GENDER AND PAST HISTORY OF MDD

 

CONCLUSION––––ANALYSING THE DATA PROVED THAT THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT CORELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECT RESPONSE AND PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY        

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DR.VAISHAL N. VORA, DR.MANASVI JARIWALA, PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION AND AGITATION AS A PREDICTOR OF RESPONSE TO ECT, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-8 | AUGUST‾2017

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