Affiliation:
1. Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Abstract
Objectives To retrospectively analyse patients receiving maintenance Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), patterns of ECT treatment administration and impact on hospitalisation before and during treatment, in a single New Zealand District Health Board catchment. We also asked other District Health Boards in New Zealand for annual data on their use of maintenance ECT. Methods Regional analysis: retrospective analysis of patient-level data over 9 years. National analysis: survey of maintenance ECT/year. Results Regionally, 14 patients received maintenance ECT over 9 years. Patients were 50% male, with mean age 59 years, and principal diagnoses included schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. The time between ECT treatments tended to be shorter for patients with schizophrenia compared with those with mood disorders. Duration of time in hospital during maintenance ECT, compared with pre-ECT, was reduced by 52% for all patients, with greater reductions for patients with mood disorders compared with those with schizophrenia. Nationally, 19.7% of all ECT treatments in New Zealand (range 4–57%) were for maintenance treatment. Discussion Regional and national use patterns of maintenance ECT in New Zealand resemble those reported internationally. The RANZCP section of neurostimulation is planning ECT standards which would assist with ensuring coherence and quality of High-dose contrast-enhanced computed tomography/modified electroconvulsive therapy practice in New Zealand.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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