Effect of esketamine and etomidate anesthesia on neuroplasticity in electroconvulsive therapy for treatment-resistant depression

Table 4 Comparison of Tower of Hanoi test results between the combined group and the control group before and after treatment

	n	Total score	Average planning time (second)	Average execution time (second)
Combined group	56
Before treatment		42.87 ± 15.71	16.42 ± 9.54	29.76 ± 10.58
After treatment		64.75 ± 10.27a,b	8.62 ± 7.41a,b	22.79 ± 9.52a,b
Control group	54
Before treatment		43.16 ± 16.98	15.94 ± 10.08	29.41 ± 10.74
After treatment		61.23 ± 17.49a	9.76 ± 8.28a	24.35 ± 10.66a

^aP < 0.05 compared with before treatment.

^bP < 0.05 compared with the control group.