COVID-19 and ECT - a Victorian perspective.
Australas Psychiatry
; 29(5): 540-545, 2021 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1231218
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
(i) to describe the operational strategies implemented to practise electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) safely, and (ii) to explore the effect of the lockdown and operational strategies on the characteristics of patients who received ECT during the initial 6 months of the COVID-19 lockdown.METHODS:
At first, the operational strategies that were implemented at the Broadmeadows ECT suite were summarised. Subsequently, the characteristics of patients who received ECT in the lockdown period (16 March-16 September 2020) and in the comparison period (16 March-16 September 2019) were compared.RESULTS:
Many safety measures were implemented, and there was no COVID-19 infection among mental health staff and patients. In the lockdown period, the number of patients (23.9%) and the total number of ECTs (29.4%) were less. This pattern was more prominent among the aged patients.CONCLUSION:
Safe practices are essential to provide ECT during lockdowns even when the community transmission of COVID-19 is high.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Electroconvulsive Therapy
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Oceania
Language:
English
Journal:
Australas Psychiatry
Journal subject:
Psychiatry
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
10398562211014224
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