Research Article
Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder with Mixed Features
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of the sample of episodes (
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| | Bipolar depressed episodes | Bipolar manic episodes | Bipolar mixed episodes | value | ( = 28) | ( = 4) | ( = 18) |
| Number of ECT sessions, mean ± SD | 5.9 ± 3.2 | 6.8 ± 3.3 | 5.1 ± 2.2 | 0.336 |
| Length of hospitalization during the episode, in days, mean ± SD | 39.2 ± 30.2 | 57.0 ± 22.3 | 44.7 ± 54.5 | 0.250 |
| Continuation ECT, (%) | 10 (35.7%) | 3 (75.0%) | 11 (61.1%) | 0.174 |
| Readmission due to affective relapse, (%) | 10 (35.7%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (44.4%) | 0.179 |
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Kruskal-Wallis test, , df = 2; Kruskal-Wallis test, , df = 2; Freeman-Halton extension of the Fisher Exact Probability.
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