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Initial ECT Quarterly Summary For Treatments Given
9/1/94 to 8/31/95

Number of patients, reported quarterly, to have received ECT (both treatment series and maintenance):    1861* *Disrepancies in number of reports reflected indicate information was unable to be determined by the facility.

Race   Anglo 1638 Latin/Hispanic 148 Asian/Oriental 9 Black/African American   57 Other 4 reports reflected 1856

Sex   Male 538 Female 1321 reports reflected   1859

Hospital Admission Status   voluntary patient consenting 1810 involuntary patient consenting 20 guardian consenting for patient   21 reports reflected 1851

Age   16 0   37 28   58 20   79 31 17 3   38 32   59 23   80 20 18 3   39 25   60 27   81 36 19 3   40 38   61 23   82 17 20 2   41 33   62 28   83 20 21 2   42 28   63 27   84 12 22 9   43 20   64 39   85 29 23 6   44 38   65 39   86 20 24 3   45 19   66 31   87 6 25 9   46 35   67 33   88 5 26 10   47 28   68 34   89 9 27 6   48 27   69 36   90 13 28 6   49 17   70 42   91 5 29 13   50 20   71 50   92 4 30 10   51 28   72 56   93 2 31 22   52 24   73 70   94 0 32 26   53 28   74 51   95 0 33 34   54 26   75 50   96 0 34 22   55 19   76 43   35 27   56 21   77 52   36 29   57 26   78 48   1856 reports reflected

Primary source of payment   private 3rd party (insurer, HMO, etc.) 675 public 3rd party (county, state, Medicaid, etc.)    1094 own/family funds 49 Other 15 reports reflected 1833 Multiple monitoring used   yes 154 no 1707 reports reflected   1861 Regressive ECT used   yes 0 no 1861 reports reflected   1861

Level of memory impairment present before beginning treatment series or maintenance ECT:   none 573 mild 635 moderate 431 severe 182 extreme 23 reports reflected 1844

Level of memory impairment present 2-4 weeks after the last treatment:   none 458 mild 994 moderate 318 severe 35 extreme 1 reports reflected 1806

Level of symptom severity present before beginning treatment series or maintenance ECT:   none 29 mild 90 moderate 389 severe 1054 extreme 280 reports reflected 1842

Level of symptom severity present 2-4 weeks after the last treatment:   none 300 mild 1081 moderate 365 severe 40 extreme 3 reports reflected 1789

Any of the following that occurred during any treatment procedure:   fracture 0 unexpected apnea 0 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 4

Electrode placement   unilateral 316 bilateral 1395 mixed 133 reports reflected 1844

# Maintenance treatments given:   average per month 0.59 average 1.76 total 3270

# Completed series treatments given   average 6.93 total 7654

Series completion:     completed 1105 stopped 149

# Treatments given during the past 3 months   average 6.16 total 11467 reports reflected 1856

# Treatments given during the past 12 months   average 11.5 total 21340 reports reflected 1851