What do systematic reviews say?

Clinical response: mean score/change in mental state: mean PANSS total score (high = poor) · patients with schizophrenia

Quality of life QLS · patients with schizophrenia

Health‐related quality of life (AQLQ)Scale from: 1‐7 (higher is better) · people with asthma

Change from baseline in ACQ score Scale: 0 to 6 (higher is worse) · people with asthma

Contrast sensitivity at Level E [18 cycles/degree] at 12 months Higher scores represent better contrast sensitivity. · people with non‐exudative AMD (AREDS 2 to 4)

Specific behaviour ‐ agitation

Psychosis ‐ presented in units of NPI‐NH P (higher is worse)d ‐ 3364 persons in 12 RCTs of 3 to 12 weeks

Psychosis ‐ presented in units of NPI‐NH P (higher is worse)d ‐ 3364 persons in 12 RCTs of 3 to 12 weeks

Specific behaviour ‐ agitation

Preparation for decision‐making

Decision self‐confidence: Decision self‐efficacy scale (O'Connor 1995): range 0 to 100 (none to perfect self‐efficacy) measured 12 weeks post‐intervention (McBride 2016)

Preparation for decision‐making

HRQoL: using EQ‐5D (range from 0 to 1; higher values indicate better quality of life · older adults (> 60 years of age) with intracapsular hip fractures; most fractures in the included studies were displaced

HRQoL: using EQ‐5D (range from 0 to 1; higher values indicate better quality of life · older adults (> 60 years of age) with intracapsular hip fractures; most fractures in the included studies were displaced

Health related quality of life the Uniscale and the Symptom Distress Scale (SDS); Better indicated by lower values

Health related quality of life the Uniscale and the Symptom Distress Scale (SDS); Better indicated by lower values

Generic quality of life measures · patients with severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

MST vs ECT ‐ symptom severity ‐ HAMD (high = poor; short term) · patients with schizophrenia

MST vs ECT ‐ cognitive function ‐ immediate memory (high = better; short term) · patients with schizophrenia

MST vs ECT ‐ cognitive function ‐ delayed memory (high = better; short term) · patients with schizophrenia