Alzheimer's disease with depressive symptoms: Clinical effect of intermittent theta burst stimulation repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Table 1 Comparison of general information of patients in the two groups, n (%)

Groups	Sex		Age (mean ± SD, years)	Course (mean ± SD, year)	Standard of culture
	Males	Females			Primary and below	Middle school	College and above
Control group (n = 53)	29 (54.72)	24 (45.28)	72.26 ± 6.17	5.26 ± 1.02	12 (22.64)	18 (33.96)	23 (43.40)
Observation group (n = 52)	25 (48.08)	27 (51.92)	73.85 ± 6.52	5.15 ± 1.10	10 (19.23)	17 (32.69)	25 (48.08)
χ2/t	0.463		-1.261	0.561	0.284
P value	0.496		0.210	0.576	0.868

Table 2 Comparison of clinical efficacy results in the two patient groups, n (%)

Groups	Recovery	Effectual	In force	Null and void	Overall effectiveness
Control group (n = 53)	7 (13.21)	13 (24.52)	19 (35.85)	14 (26.42)	39 (73.58)
Observation group (n = 52)	10 (19.23)	17 (32.69)	20 (38.46)	5 (9.62)	47 (90.38)
χ2					4.998
P value					0.025

Table 3 Comparison of adverse reactions between the two groups, n (%)

Groups	Tingling	Burning pain	Palpitation	Headache	Footing
Control group (n = 53)	1 (1.89)	2 (3.77)	1 (1.89)	0 (0.00)	4 (7.55)
Observation group (n = 52)	2 (3.85)	1 (1.92)	1 (1.92)	2 (3.85)	6 (11.54)