The knowledge, experience and attitudes of recipients of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A study from North India

Patient-reported experience measures in patients undergoing navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS): the introduction of nTMS-PREMs

“…A similar result was reported by an earlier study carried out in Tasmania in 2001, again in the context of rTMS for depression [6]. In neurosurgery, recent studies [14,23,28,29] focused on the occurrence of pain, discomfort, and seizures during pre-surgical brain mapping.…”

“…Previous papers looked at patient experience during repetitive TMS for therapeutic application [12]. Singh et al [28] looked at experience and attitudes in patients undergoing repetitive TMS for psychiatric conditions in North India over a 3-month period. They noted an overall positive experience in the context of repetitive TMS for treatment of depression, with a majority agreeing they would recommend TMS to others.…”

“…The univariate analysis clarified that longer duration of mapping and language mapping are related to a poorer experience. The poorer experience with language mapping can be explained on the basis of the longer duration of the test and on the discomfort/pain induced by repetitive stimulation involving the temporalis muscle [27][28][29]. Similarly, an increased duration of the exam was related to a poorer understanding of the discharge information, with particular regard to the role of TMS in planning the surgical treatment.…”

“…While a safe and non-invasive way to map the cerebral cortex, nTMS can Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04268-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. be associated with anxiety or unpleasant experience [14] or discomfort [28] and can be time-consuming, with motor mapping requiring up to 90 min and language mapping requiring up to 120 min [8]. To date, little is known about the overall patients' experience during nTMS, with particular regard to how well the procedure is tolerated and what additional information it gives to patients in their overall healthcare experience.…”

Participant Experiences of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as a Treatment for Antipsychotic Medication Induced Weight Gain

“…As of May 2021, there were 1,336 journal articles describing NIBS in people with schizophrenia and only one small study ( n = 4) of rTMS for auditory hallucinations reported limited data on participant experience, with two individuals describing the stimulation as relaxing, and one as uncomfortable (Subramanian et al, 2013 ). There has been some interest in patient experience of NIBS, mainly rTMS, in other clinical populations (Walter et al, 2001 ; Rosedale et al, 2009 ; Mayer et al, 2012 ; Singh et al, 2018 ).…”