Comparative Effectiveness of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation vs Citalopram for Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Trial
Li S, Rong P, Wang Y, Jin G, Hou X, Li S, Xiao X, Zhou W, Wu Y, Liu Y, et al.
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface · 2022
Key finding
The HAM-D17 scores were reduced in both treatment groups; however, there was no significant group-by-time interaction (95% CI: -0.07 to 0.15, p = 0.79).
- Condition
- Anxiety
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
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Cite this study
Li, S., Rong, P., Wang, Y., Jin, G., Hou, X., Li, S., Xiao, X., Zhou, W., Wu, Y., Liu, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, B., Huang, Y., Cao, J., Chen, H., Hodges, S., Vangel, M., & Kong, J. (2022). Comparative Effectiveness of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation vs Citalopram for Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Trial. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 25(3), 450-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2021.10.021
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