Pre-treatment predictors of cognitive side effects in depressed patients treated with ECT: A systematic review

Neurocognitive functioning after electroconvulsive therapy in late‐life depression: A 4‐year prospective study

“…Global cognitive screening instruments are used, in small sample sizes, lacking homogeneity in diagnoses. High attrition rates are reported and results are described on a group level [18,19]. It remains unclear which factors are associated with the severity and persistence of cognitive side effects [18,19].…”

“…High attrition rates are reported and results are described on a group level [18,19]. It remains unclear which factors are associated with the severity and persistence of cognitive side effects [18,19]. There are, for example, conflicting results on the impact of the number of ECT sessions, depression severity, and age [20][21][22][23][24].…”