Cochrane · systematic review · CD009083
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for panic disorder in adults
Li, H, Wang, J, Li, C, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library
Common Mental DisordersAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
6
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
3
Included studies
NR
No studies 3 · 50%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 50%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
rTMS + pharmacotherapy versus sham rTMS + pharmacotherapy for panic disorder
Population: participants with panic disorder
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Reduction of panic symptoms: Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) (high=poor, data skewed) PDSS, Scale from: 0 to 28) rTMS + pharmacotherapy vs sham rTMS + pharmacotherapy | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Acceptability: dropouts for any reason number of dropouts rTMS + pharmacotherapy vs sham rTMS + pharmacotherapy | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 40 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Acceptability: dropouts for adverse effects number of dropouts rTMS + pharmacotherapy vs sham rTMS + pharmacotherapy | RD 0 | 2 studies · 40 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Improvment of social function: Self‐reported social adaptation scale (SASS) (low=poor), acute effect SASS. Scale from: 0 to 60. rTMS + pharmacotherapy vs sham rTMS + pharmacotherapy | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 21 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Quality of life (such as the SF‐36 Health Survey (Ware 1992) rTMS + pharmacotherapy vs sham rTMS + pharmacotherapy | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Safety of rTMS: Frequency of rTMS side effects (values are percentages) self‐reported questionnaire rTMS + pharmacotherapy vs sham rTMS + pharmacotherapy | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |