Longitudinal evaluation and treatment compliance of patients with mood disorders treated with electroconvulsive therapy

Introduction: The aim of this research was to evaluate the demographic characteristics, diagnosis, treatment compliance and follow-up of outpatient clinic patients who had undergone electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of mood disorders.Methods: This retrospective study has been conducted bas...

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Main Authors: Begüm Aygen Gümüş, Hülya Ertekin
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Language:English
Published: SERNEV 2021-09-01
Series:Family Practice and Palliative Care
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/881066
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Hülya Ertekin
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description Introduction: The aim of this research was to evaluate the demographic characteristics, diagnosis, treatment compliance and follow-up of outpatient clinic patients who had undergone electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of mood disorders.Methods: This retrospective study has been conducted based on inpatient and outpatient clinical records of mood disorders patients who were treated with ECT between 2015-2018 in Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine in University of Onsekiz Mart, Çanakkale Turkey.Results: The distribution of study population were classified as bipolar disorder patients [50% (n=5) in manic episode, 30% (n=3) in depressive episode, and 20% (n=2) in mixed episode] and 35% (n=7) of the depressive disorder patients had depression with psychotic symptoms, 60% (n=12) had depression without psychotic symptoms, and 5% (n=1) had catatonic depression. During the evaluation for the reasons of electroconvulsive therapy, the need for rapid response was most important requirement in depression patients, and agitation excitation treatment was most important requirement in bipolar disease patients. During follow-up 55% (n=11) of the depression patients continued their outpatient visits regularly after discharge, and the mean follow-up period was 14.10 months while 70% (n=7) of the bipolar disease patients had continued their outpatient visits regularly after discharge. The mean follow-up period was 11 months.Conclusion: Electroconvulsive therapy may be an important factor that increases treatment compliance for patients with mood disorders.Keywords: bipolar disorder, depression, mood disorder, electroconvulsive therapy, treatment compliance
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spelling doaj.art-5abd2dc2adff491c9868a9f35b71e0982024-11-04T07:54:17ZengSERNEVFamily Practice and Palliative Care2459-15052021-09-016311812310.22391/fppc.657962544Longitudinal evaluation and treatment compliance of patients with mood disorders treated with electroconvulsive therapyBegüm Aygen Gümüş0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4845-5106Hülya Ertekin1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4787-5333Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, CanakkaleDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, CanakkaleIntroduction: The aim of this research was to evaluate the demographic characteristics, diagnosis, treatment compliance and follow-up of outpatient clinic patients who had undergone electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of mood disorders.Methods: This retrospective study has been conducted based on inpatient and outpatient clinical records of mood disorders patients who were treated with ECT between 2015-2018 in Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine in University of Onsekiz Mart, Çanakkale Turkey.Results: The distribution of study population were classified as bipolar disorder patients [50% (n=5) in manic episode, 30% (n=3) in depressive episode, and 20% (n=2) in mixed episode] and 35% (n=7) of the depressive disorder patients had depression with psychotic symptoms, 60% (n=12) had depression without psychotic symptoms, and 5% (n=1) had catatonic depression. During the evaluation for the reasons of electroconvulsive therapy, the need for rapid response was most important requirement in depression patients, and agitation excitation treatment was most important requirement in bipolar disease patients. During follow-up 55% (n=11) of the depression patients continued their outpatient visits regularly after discharge, and the mean follow-up period was 14.10 months while 70% (n=7) of the bipolar disease patients had continued their outpatient visits regularly after discharge. The mean follow-up period was 11 months.Conclusion: Electroconvulsive therapy may be an important factor that increases treatment compliance for patients with mood disorders.Keywords: bipolar disorder, depression, mood disorder, electroconvulsive therapy, treatment compliancehttps://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/881066bipolar disorderdepressionmood disorderelectroconvulsive therapytreatment compliancebipolar bozuklukdepresyonduygudurum bozukluğuelektrokonvulzif terapitedavi uyumu
spellingShingle Begüm Aygen Gümüş
Hülya Ertekin
Longitudinal evaluation and treatment compliance of patients with mood disorders treated with electroconvulsive therapy
Family Practice and Palliative Care
bipolar disorder
depression
mood disorder
electroconvulsive therapy
treatment compliance
bipolar bozukluk
depresyon
duygudurum bozukluğu
elektrokonvulzif terapi
tedavi uyumu
title Longitudinal evaluation and treatment compliance of patients with mood disorders treated with electroconvulsive therapy
title_full Longitudinal evaluation and treatment compliance of patients with mood disorders treated with electroconvulsive therapy
title_fullStr Longitudinal evaluation and treatment compliance of patients with mood disorders treated with electroconvulsive therapy
title_full_unstemmed Longitudinal evaluation and treatment compliance of patients with mood disorders treated with electroconvulsive therapy
title_short Longitudinal evaluation and treatment compliance of patients with mood disorders treated with electroconvulsive therapy
title_sort longitudinal evaluation and treatment compliance of patients with mood disorders treated with electroconvulsive therapy
topic bipolar disorder
depression
mood disorder
electroconvulsive therapy
treatment compliance
bipolar bozukluk
depresyon
duygudurum bozukluğu
elektrokonvulzif terapi
tedavi uyumu
url https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/881066
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