Preventive Effect of Liothyronine on Electroconvulsive Therapy-Induced Memory Deficit in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: A Double-Blind Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 1

Demographic and individual characteristics of the patients undergoing ECT; each group included thirty patients.

	Liothyronine	Placebo
	(%)	(%)
Age	34.90 ± 8.06^*	33.60 ± 7.99^*
Hamilton depression score	62.56 ± 5.82^*	62.63 ± 6.96^*
Gender
Male	7 (23.3)	9 (30)
Female	23 (76.7)	21 (70)
Education level
Primary school	7 (23.3)	8 (26.7)
Middle school	7 (23.3)	8 (26.7)
Graduate/postgraduate	16 (53.4)	14 (46.6)
Marital status
Single	9 (30)	7 (23.3)
Married	20 (66.7)	17 (56.7)
Divorced/widowed	1 (3.3)	6 (20)
Occupation
Employee	9 (30)	12 (40)
Housewife	21 (70)	18 (60)
Location
City	24 (80)	24 (80)
Village	6 (20)	6 (20)
Number of ECT sessions
Six	6 (20)	4 (13.3)
Seven	14 (46.7)	19 (63.9)
Eight	1 (3.3)	0
Ten	4 (13.3)	5 (16.7)
Twelve	5 (16.7)	2 (6.7)

^*As mean ± standard deviation.