Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Address Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Study

Table 4

Subjects screening: part I.

Test/scale	Active rTMS; n = 15; (mean ± SD)	Sham; n = 19; (mean ± SD)	p-value
MoCA^1	24.5 ± 1.8	24.2 ± 2.3	0.605
GDS-15^2	1.7 ± 1.7	1.4 ± 1.3	0.559
HAMD-17^3	1.7 ± 2.1	1.5 ± 2.1	0.781
HAMA-14^4	1.7 ± 1.1	1.4 ± 1.5	0.532

SD: standard deviation; Student’s t-test. ¹MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; ²GDS-15: 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale; ³HAMD–17, 17-item Hamilton Depression Scale; ⁴HAMA–14, 14-item Hamilton Anxiety Scale.