Purpose: Repetitive TMS (rTMS) has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment of several neuropsychiatric disorders. Its safety and efficacy are well established, and multiple rTMS devices have been approved by both Conformitè Europëenne Mark and U.S. Food and Drug Administration. We aimed to survey TMS practice in Psychiatry in the Kingdom of Denmark and compare it with the international state of the art.
Methods: A survey of rTMS clinical practice in 2023 was sent to all general adult psychiatry departments practicing TMS in the Danish Realm (Denmark = 10, Faroe Islands = 0, Greenland = 0).
Results: Response rate was 100%. rTMS was available in 37% of psychiatric departments and 3 out of 5 Danish Regions. Admission criteria required a diagnosis of unipolar depression with a degree of treatment-resistance or unacceptable side-effects to antidepressant treatment. Common contraindications included: cochlear implants (100%), pacemaker and neurostimulators (80%), other ferromagnetic/implanted devices in head, neck, or thorax (70%), active substance misuse (60%), and electrolytic disturbances (50%). Three rTMS protocols were identified: 10 Hz rTMS delivered over the L-DLPFC, iTBS delivered over the L-DLPFC and 1 Hz rTMS delivered over the right-DLPFC. 383 patients were treated with TMS.
Conclusions: rTMS is unequally available in the public healthcare of the Kingdom of Denmark. Existing strategies for solving inequalities could address such issues. Unipolar depression was the only psychiatric disorder treated with rTMS in 2023. rTMS practice in the Danish Realm considers the use of evidence-based protocols and is consistent with recommendations from international expert guidelines.
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