Motohashi Nobutaka, Awata Shuichi, Higuchi Teruhiko
Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Japan.
J ECT. 2004 Mar;20(1):21-3. doi: 10.1097/00124509-200403000-00005.
Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is being performed in many hospitals in Japan, there is little information on its present practice. We surveyed ECT practice to improve the practice of ECT in Japan. A mail questionnaire survey of ECT practice was conducted between 1997 and 1999 in Japan. Of 84 university hospitals and 37 national hospitals, 86 respondents (71%) were obtained. ECT was performed in 56 hospitals (65%). Details of ECT practice were further surveyed in 46 hospitals. The number of patients per year receiving ECT varied according to hospitals from 0.5 to 120. Unmodified ECT was still used in two thirds of the hospitals. Modified ECT was mainly performed in an operating room. Unilateral ECT was seldom used. Japan is an under-developed country for ECT and the practice of ECT must be improved.
尽管日本许多医院都在开展电休克治疗（ECT），但关于其当前实际应用情况的信息却很少。我们对ECT的实际应用情况进行了调查，以改善日本ECT的应用现状。1997年至1999年期间，我们在日本对ECT的实际应用情况进行了邮寄问卷调查。在84所大学医院和37所国立医院中，有86名受访者（占71%）回复了问卷。56所医院（占65%）开展了ECT。我们对46所医院ECT的实际应用细节进行了进一步调查。各医院每年接受ECT治疗的患者数量从0.5人到120人不等。三分之二的医院仍在使用未改良的ECT。改良ECT主要在手术室进行。单侧ECT很少使用。日本在ECT应用方面是一个不发达国家，ECT的应用情况必须加以改善。
