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Initial ECT Quarterly Summary For Treatments Given
6/1/93 to 8/31/93

Number of patients, reported quarterly, to have received ECT (both treatment series and maintenance):    88* *Disrepancies in number of reports reflected indicate information was unable to be determined by the facility.

Race   Anglo 70 Latin/Hispanic 11 Asian/Oriental 0 Black/African American   6 Other 1 reports reflected 88

Sex   Male 43 Female 45 reports reflected   88

Hospital Admission Status   voluntary patient consenting 88 involuntary patient consenting 0 guardian consenting for patient   0 reports reflected 88

Age   16 0   37 0   58 0   79 0 17 0   38 0   59 0   80 1 18 1   39 0   60 0   81 0 19 0   40 1   61 1   82 0 20 0   41 0   62 0   83 2 21 1   42 1   63 2   84 3 22 0   43 0   64 0   85 0 23 0   44 2   65 24   86 0 24 0   45 17   66 1   87 0 25 16   46 0   67 1   88 0 26 0   47 2   68 0   89 1 27 0   48 0   69 1   90 0 28 1   49 1   70 0   91 0 29 0   50 0   71 0   92 0 30 0   51 0   72 1   93 0 31 0   52 1   73 0   94 0 32 1   53 0   74 1   95 0 33 0   54 2   75 1   96 0 34 0   55 0   76 0   35 0   56 0   77 0   36 0   57 1   78 0   88 reports reflected

Primary source of payment   private 3rd party (insurer, HMO, etc.) 20 public 3rd party (county, state, Medicaid, etc.)    67 own/family funds 1 Other 0 reports reflected 88 Multiple monitoring used   yes 0 no 88 reports reflected   88 Regressive ECT used   yes 0 no 88 reports reflected   88

Level of memory impairment present before beginning treatment series or maintenance ECT:   none 37 mild 24 moderate 13 severe 10 extreme 4 reports reflected 88

Level of memory impairment present 2-4 weeks after the last treatment:   none 36 mild 37 moderate 9 severe 3 extreme 1 reports reflected 86

Level of symptom severity present before beginning treatment series or maintenance ECT:   none 4 mild 6 moderate 10 severe 46 extreme 22 reports reflected 88

Level of symptom severity present 2-4 weeks after the last treatment:   none 23 mild 47 moderate 12 severe 2 extreme 1 reports reflected 85

Any of the following that occurred during any treatment procedure:   fracture 0 unexpected apnea 1 cardiac arrest 0 death 0

Any of the following that occurred within 14 days of any treatment:   fracture 0 unexpected apnea 0 cardiac arrest 0 death 3

Electrode placement   unilateral 11 bilateral 60 mixed 17 reports reflected 88

# Maintenance treatments given:   average per month 0.36 average 1.07 total 94

# Completed series treatments given   average 6.48 total 415

Series completion:     completed 64 stopped 9

# Treatments given during the past 3 months   average 3.77 total 332 reports reflected 49

# Treatments given during the past 12 months   average 7.50 total 660 reports reflected 88