Clinical Study
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Address Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Study
Table 3
Causes of exclusion in the screening phase.
| | Excluded | | Percentage |
| | MoCA1 > 26 | 7 | 9.59% | | Education level <4 years | 2 | 2.74% | | Depressive symptoms (GDS-152 > 5) | 25 | 34.25% | | Effective bipolar disorder (SCID-DSM IV3) | 7 | 9.59% | | Anxiety | 10 | 13.70% | | Alcoholism | 5 | 6.85% | | Chronic benzodiazepine use | 1 | 1.37% | | Sleep disorders | 4 | 5.48% | | Epilepsy | 4 | 5.48% | | History of traumatic brain injury | 2 | 2.74% | | Cerebral MRI4 disorders | 15 | 20.55% | | Normal pressure hydrocephalus | 2 | 2.74% | | Lacunar infarct/ischemic stroke | 8 | 10.96% | | Frontoparietal meningioma | 1 | 1.37% | | Cerebellar cyst | 1 | 1.37% | | Neurocysticercosis | 1 | 1.37% | | Frontal granuloma | 1 | 1.37% | | Hemorrhagic lesion | 1 | 1.37% | | Frontal lobe atrophy | 1 | 1.37% | | Mild AD5 | 3 | 4.11% | | Parkinson disease | 3 | 4.11% | | Frontotemporal dementia | 1 | 1.37% |
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MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; 2GDS-15: 15-items Geriatric Depression Scale; 3SCID: Structured Clinical Interview for Axis I Disorders-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition; 4MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; 5AD: Alzheimer’s disease.
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