Clinical Study

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

Table 2

Mean and standard deviation of the WMS-R and the results of paired -test in both groups.

VariablesLiothyroninePlacebo
Pretest Posttest valuePretestPosttest value

Verbal memory67.5375.630.00165.4363.830.15
Visual memory80.7081.660.7473.1067.360.005
General memory68.4674.200.00561.7357.760.21
Attention/concentration92.0694.900.3386.7382.560.01
Delayed recall72.0376.060.06664.4360.400.02