Receipt of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Subsequent Development of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Cohort Study

• Published in: Bioelectromagnetics Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 81 - 89
• Main Authors: Mezei, Gabor, Lau, Edmund, Pace, Nelson D., Schenk, Jamie, Kheifets, Leeka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Aged; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - epidemiology; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - therapy; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Confidence intervals; electric and magnetic fields; electric current; Electroconvulsive Therapy; epidemiology; Government programs; Humans; Medicare; motor neuron disease; Motor neurone disease; Population studies; Populations; Statistical analysis; United States; United States; electric and magnetic fields; electric current; epidemiology; motor neuron disease; electroconvulsive therapy; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

We investigated the potential relationship between receipt of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We conducted a cohort study using a sample of more than one million beneficiaries enrolled in the U.S. Medicare health insurance program from 1997 to...