Electroconvulsive therapy clinical database: Influence of age and gender on the electrical charge.

Introduction: The influence of age and gender in the electrical charge delivered in a given population was analysed using an electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) clinical database.

Material And Method: An observational, prospective, longitudinal study with descriptive analysis was performed using data from a database that included total bilateral frontotemporal ECT carried out with a Mecta spECTrum 5000Q in our hospital over 6 years. From 2006 to 2012, a total of 4,337 ECT were performed on 187 patients.