Clinical effects of nonconvulsive electrotherapy combined with mindfulness-based stress reduction and changes of serum inflammatory factors in depression

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data

Baseline information	Observer group (n = 70)	Control group (n = 70)	χ2/t value	P value
Sexuality [n (%)]			0.029	0.866
Males	37 (52.86)	36 (51.43)
Females	33 (47.14)	34 (48.57)
Age (mean ± SD/yr)	44.62 ± 9.58	46.37 ± 9.42	1.090	0.278
Course of disease (mean ± SD/yr)	4.39 ± 0.44	4.31 ± 0.65	0.853	0.395
HAMD (mean ± SD/score)	30.88 ± 4.16	29.65 ± 3.72	1.844	0.067

HAMD: Hamilton Depression Scale.

Table 2 Comparison of clinical efficacy between the two groups [n (%)]

Groups	Recovery	Effectual	Improvement	Null and void	Total effective rates
Control group (n = 70)	7 (10.00)	14 (20.00)	31 (44.29)	18 (25.71)	52 (74.29)
Observer group (n = 70)	12 (17.14)	20 (28.57)	32 (45.72)	6 (8.57)	64 (91.43)
χ2/t value	8.390				7.241
P value	0.039				0.007

Table 3 Comparison of self-rating idea of suicide scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores between the two groups before and after treatment (mean ± SD)

Groups	Times	SSIOS/score	PSQI/score
Control group (n = 70)	Before treatment	18.55 ± 4.02	15.83 ± 1.76
	After treatment	0.87 ± 0.12	7.94 ± 1.35
t		36.780	29.760
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001
Observer group (n = 70)	Before treatment	18.88 ± 4.06	15.36 ± 2.54
	After treatment	1.67 ± 0.28a	5.29 ± 1.33a
t value		35.380	29.390
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 vs the control group after treatment; n = 70.

SSIOS: Self-rating idea of suicide scale; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Table 4 Comparison of quality of life between the two groups (mean ± SD)

Groups	Social function	Emotions	Environment	Physical health
Control group (n = 70)	16.23 ± 2.34	12.28 ± 2.16	16.56 ± 3.44	16.62 ± 3.46
Observer group (n = 70)	19.25 ± 2.76	18.54 ± 2.83	18.49 ± 2.48	19.53 ± 2.39
t value	6.983	14.710	3.808	5.790
P value	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001