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).
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- Depression
- Stimulation
- taVNS
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- Randomised Controlled Trial
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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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