Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: pooled outcomes of DBS for OCD. Note that the standardized mean difference for the study by Denys et al. [3] is by far the largest one, i.e. 2.87 versus 1.20–1.77 for the other studies. Third, we suspect that the standardized mean difference for the study by Greenberg et al. [4] was miscalculated in the pooled analysis: it should be 1.77 instead of 7.3. The authors have probably divided the Y-BOCS change by the standard error of the mean that was used in this study, instead of the standard deviation. Finally, the authors report bilateral ALIC as the DBS target for the study by Huff et al. [5] whereas this should be unilateral NAc, which is relevant for the weighted results as unilateral DBS is less efficacious than bilateral DBS.
DOI: 10.1159/000369356
Authors: Martijn Figee, Rick Schuurman, Damiaan Denys
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2009531497