Home-administered transcranial direct current stimulation is a feasible intervention for depression
An observational cohort study
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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an emerging treatment for major depression. We recruited participants with moderate-to-severe major depressive episodes for an observational clinical trial using Soterix Medical's tDCS telehealth platform as a standard of care. The acute intervention consisted of 28 sessions (5 sessions/week, 6 weeks) of the left anodal dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) tDCS (2.0 mA × 30 min) followed by a tapering phase of weekly sessions for 4 weeks (weeks 7-10). The n = 16 completing participants had a significant reduction in depressive symptoms by week 2 of treatment [Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), Baseline : 28.00 ± 4.35 vs. Week 2: 17.12 ± 5.32, p < 0.001] with continual improvement across each biweekly timepoint. Acute intervention responder and remission rates were 75 and 63% and 88 and 81% following the taper period (week 10)
Brain stimulation · Depression (economics · Observational study · Physical therapy · Randomized controlled trial · Rating scale · Stimulation · Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation · Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies · Functional Brain Connectivity Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies · Internal Medicine
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