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A questionnaire survey of ECT practice in Australia

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2007

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10950680

DOI

10.1097/YCT.0b013e318031bc50

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มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ

Bibliographic Citation

Journal of ECT. Vol 23, No.2 (2007), p.89-92

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Chanpattana W. A questionnaire survey of ECT practice in Australia. Journal of ECT. Vol 23, No.2 (2007), p.89-92. doi:10.1097/YCT.0b013e318031bc50 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/4495

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A questionnaire survey of ECT practice in Australia

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Chanpattana W.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the characteristics of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) practice in Australia. METHOD: From October 1, 2002 to February 29, 2004, a 29-item questionnaire was sent to 136 hospitals in Australia. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: One hundred thirteen hospitals (83%) completed the questionnaire. Electroconvulsive therapy was available in 90 hospitals. A total of 7469 patients received 58,499 ECTs from 356 psychiatrists, which gives an average course length of 8.5 treatments. Electroconvulsive therapy use as assessed by the crude treated-person rate was 37.85 persons per 100,000 population per annum. Of the number of patients, 63.4% were women. Brief-pulse devices were used in all hospitals. Electroencephalogram monitoring was used routinely in 80 hospitals. Of the total number of ECT treatments, 82.3% were given to patients with major depression, 9.6% to patients with schizophrenia, 4.9% to patients with mania, and 1.7% to patients with catatonia. Patients who received ECT were in an age group older than 65 years (38.4%), followed by 45 to 64 years (28.3%), 25 to 44 years (26.3%), 18 to 24 years (6.9%), and less than 18 years (0.2%). Unmodified ECT was not used in any hospital. One thousand one hundred ninety-six patients received continuation ECT in 83 hospitals, and 1044 received maintenance ECT in 77 hospitals. There was no case of ECT-related death during a survey period. Only 31 hospitals rated their teaching program for medical students as acceptable to excellent, and for psychiatry residents, it was 58. © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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Adolescent
 Adult
 Aged
 Article
 Catatonia
 Clinical practice
 Controlled study
 Electroconvulsive therapy
 Electroencephalogram
 Female
 Groups by age
 Health care availability
 Health survey
 Hospital
 Human
 Maintenance therapy
 Major clinical study
 Major depression
 Male
 Mania
 Mortality
 Patient monitoring
 Psychiatrist
 Questionnaire
 Residency education
 Schizophrenia
 Treatment duration
 Adolescent
 Adult
 Aged
 Australia
 Electroconvulsive Therapy
 Female
 Humans
 Informed Consent
 Male
 Middle Aged
 Physician's Practice Patterns
 Psychiatry
 Questionnaires

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