Health Condition 1: null- Depression
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: rTMS: rTMS is a non invasive brain stimulation method. low frequency (one hertz), with 20 trains of total 1200 pulses was used over 21 minutes time period. total 18 sittings were given
Sponsors
Jyoti Singh
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Diagnosis of depression based on ICD-10 DCR criteria (F32, F33) 2.Age 18-50 years 3.Treated with adequate dose of any antidepressant(s) for at least 4 weeks 4.Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) rating worse than/equal to 3 (as per treating Psychiatrist) 5.Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) score in the range of at least moderate depression (>=20) 6.Written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with suicidality 2.Depression with psychotic symptoms 3.Bipolar depression 4.Other co-morbid psychiatric disorder including substance use (except nicotine) 5.Medical co-morbidities requiring priority medical management 6.Presence of contra-indications to rTMS such as metallic implants, seizure disorder etc. 7.Pregnant females and lactating mothers
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating ScaleTimepoint: Week 0, 1, 2, 3, 6 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| clinical global impression scale both severity and improvementTimepoint: Baseline, 1, 2, 3 weeks | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactJyoti singh
King Georges Medical University Lucknow
Outcome results
None listed