Fig. 2

Antidepressant outcomes in all studies with either coil (F8-coil and H1-coil). a. Primary outcome (depression severity): standardised HDRS change score at baseline (pre) – session 10 (post). b. Secondary outcome (response rates at session 10 vs. baseline). c. Secondary outcome (remission rates at session 10 vs. baseline). Note. Figures a-c are forest plots of random-effects meta-analyses of the antidepressant outcomes in all studies with either coil (F8-coil and H1-coil). Each forest plot shows the following information: the antidepressant outcomes expressed as effect sizes in each study (Hedges’ g or event rates depicted as squares), the estimated 95% CI of each effect size (reported in the Lower limit and the Upper limit columns and shown as horizontal lines), the study weights (depicted as squares with different sizes- the larger the square, the higher the study weight), the study sample sizes (reported in the Total columns), and the pooled mean weighted effect sizes with 95% CI of all studies (depicted as diamonds- the length of the diamond corresponds to the 95% CI of the pooled effect). Abbreviations: CI, 95% confidence interval; DTMS, deep transcranial magnetic stimulation; F8, figure-of-eight coil (rTMS); H1, H1-coil (DTMS); HDRS, Hamilton depression rating scale; Hedges’ g (effect size), standardised paired difference in means corrected for the sample size; rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Total, sample size per study