Research Article

Change in Negative Affective Bias following a Single Ketamine Treatment for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Table 2

Neurocognitive measures and outcomes.

Neurocognitive measuresControl
Midazolam
Ketamine
TimeGroup
M (SD)M (SD)M (SD)

SST %Pre9.1 (8.8)36.8 (19.4)50.1 (31.8).17.93.03
Post-41.8 (20.9)30.1 (26.9)
EST NEB (ms)Pre40.4 (105.2)-51.3 (202.8)41.9 (131.9).46.20.45
Post39.7 (174.6)41.3 (100.5)
EST PEB Response time (ms)Pre9.1 (152.5)-43.0 (165.8)-0.69 (78.0).74.22.97
Post-33.6 (52.6)10.6 (77.5)
AGNG Neg (ms)Pre524.6 (54.7)542.9 (65.4)500.4 (79.9).99.28.62
Post536.1 (63.4)507.7 (105.3)
AGNG Pos (ms)Pre514.2 (56.6)534.5 (56.6)483.1 (67.5).23.07.96
Post545.6 (58.8)495.0 (76.7)
Ruff 2 & 7 total speed T-scorePre50.3 (8.8)b44.00 (5.1)a49.6 (4.9)c.01.08.28
Post47.8 (6.4)a51.2 (5.5)c
COWAT total correctPre41.83 (11.1)43.5 (9.6)a35.5 (6.6).04.02.25
Post48.3 (11.5)a36.9 (9.0)

Abbreviations: EST NEB: Emotional Stroop Task Negative Expressions Bias; EST PEB: Emotional Stroop Task Positive Expressions Bias; COWAT: Controlled Word Association Test; AGNG Neg: Affective Go/No Go Task Negative Shift; AGNG Pos: Affective Go/No Go Positive Shift; Ruff 2 & 7: Ruff 2 & 7 Selective Attention Test; SST: Scrambled Sentence Task; a; b, c; comparison between ketamine and midazolam groups.