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Initial ECT Quarterly Summary For Treatments Given
9/1/96 to 8/31/97

Number of patients, reported quarterly, to have received ECT (both treatment series and maintenance):    1567* *Disrepancies in number of reports reflected indicate information was unable to be determined by the facility.

Race   Anglo 1374 Latin/Hispanic 124 Asian/Oriental 15 Black/African American   52 Other 2 reports reflected 1567

Sex   Male 491 Female 1076 reports reflected   1567

Hospital Admission Status   voluntary patient consenting 1503 involuntary patient consenting 28 guardian consenting for patient   36 reports reflected 1567

Age

Primary source of payment   private 3rd party (insurer, HMO, etc.) 626 public 3rd party (county, state, Medicaid, etc.)    898 own/family funds 34 Other 9 reports reflected 1567 Multiple monitoring used   yes 147 no 1420 reports reflected   1567 Regressive ECT used   yes 0 no 1567 reports reflected   1567

Level of memory impairment present before beginning treatment series or maintenance ECT:   none 703 mild 519 moderate 245 severe 70 extreme 30 reports reflected 1567

Level of memory impairment present 2-4 weeks after the last treatment:   none 606 mild 735 moderate 200 severe 17 extreme 2 reports reflected 1580

Level of symptom severity present before beginning treatment series or maintenance ECT:   none 39 mild 130 moderate 362 severe 781 extreme 255 reports reflected 1567

Level of symptom severity present 2-4 weeks after the last treatment:   none 270 mild 971 moderate 289 severe 26 extreme 4 reports reflected 1560

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 1 unexpected apnea 0 cardiac arrest 0 death 6

Electrode placement   unilateral 207 bilateral 1223 mixed 137 reports reflected 1567

# Maintenance treatments given:   average per month 0.47 average 1.42 total 2218

# Completed series treatments given   average 7.17 total 6608

Series completion:     completed 921 stopped 106

# Treatments given during the past 3 months   average 5.82 total 9122 reports reflected 1567

# Treatments given during the past 12 months   average 11.4 total 17831 reports reflected 1567