2.4.4 Trail Making Test (TMT)
depressive symptoms
The patients completed a computerized cognitive test battery starting with the TMT, which is a test of visual attention and task switching. TMT consists of two tasks with an increasing level of difficulty from task A to task B [After the last day of active (i.e., iTBS over dmPFC) or sham treatment, all participants completed the same tests as they did prior to treatment. High scores in all the above-mentioned tests reflect more severe symptoms. The main objective was a treatment-related reduction in different depressive symptoms from baseline to after the rTMS treatment course.