Comparison of ECT subjects with normal volunteers by mean scores
All ECT subjects Normals Significance N=39 N=53 Wakefield self-rating scale 17.2 7.9 P <0.001 Middlesex Hospital questionnaire Total symptom score 42.3 24.2 P <0.001 Sub scales Free floating anxiety 10.1 5.5 P <0.001 Phobic fear 6.3 3.3 P <0.001 Obsessive symptoms and personality 9.7 6.8 P <0.001 Somatization complaints 7.7 5.0 P <0.001 Depression 8.5 4.6 P <0.001 Hysterical extravert personality 4.4 3.9 NS Broadbent cognitive failures questionnaire 73.9 63.9 P <0.01