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Table 2 Data Collection Windows for Research Assessment Sessions

From: Identifying response and predictive biomarkers for Transcranial magnetic stimulation outcomes: protocol and rationale for a mechanistic study of functional neuroimaging and behavioral biomarkers in veterans with Pharmacoresistant depression

 

Baseline

1 Week

Post-treatment

Standard

< 72 h

< 24 h

< 72 h

Acceptable

< 10 days

< 72 h

< 10 days

Unusable

> 14 days

> 96 h

> 14 days

  1. The Standard designation denotes the preferred data collection window for each research assessment session. Data will still be accepted if obtained within the Acceptable time window. Data obtained during the Unusable window will not be used. Windows refer to the following: Baseline for assessments completed prior to commencement of TMS, 1 Week for assessments completed after five sessions of TMS and Post-treatment for assessments completed after 30 sessions of TMS. Standard and Acceptable window data will be treated the same way for data analysis purposes