Information type | Details to be recorded |
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Sample characteristics | Age |
Gender | |
SUAD diagnoses (if applicable); years of diagnosis | |
Level of substance use or behaviour engagement/severity (e.g. number of cigarettes smoked per day; score on validated measure of addictive behaviour) | |
Treatment status (number of participants in inpatient or outpatient treatment, seeking treatment, not seeking treatment) | |
Substance use abstinence period before study; requirement to refrain from use before study | |
Neuromodulation parameters | Type of neuromodulation (i.e. tDCS, TMS); stimulation pattern/frequency for TMS (i.e. single-pulse, repetitive, theta-burst, patterned) |
Position of stimulating electrodes (tDCS) or coil (TMS) | |
Stimulation intensity | |
Stimulation duration | |
Stimulation frequency (for tDCS and repetitive TMS) | |
Number of sessions of stimulation; interval between sessions (if repeated sessions) | |
Number of pulses; duration of stimulation trains and inter-train intervals (TMS) | |
Electrode sizes (tDCS); coil type (TMS) | |
Inclusion and details of sham condition | |
Experimental design | Within-subject or between-subject comparisons |
Single- or double-blind | |
Type of control condition (e.g. sham stimulation; control group; control task) | |
Online or offline delivery of neuromodulation (relative to cognitive task) | |
Measure of cognitive function | Cognitive task/paradigm |
Cognitive function(s) being measured | |
Description of stimulus/cue type (if appropriate) | |
Number of trials; task length | |
Counterbalancing/order of conditions (if appropriate) | |
Time of task relative to stimulation | |
Results | Descriptive statistics for condition/group means |
Test statistics for condition/group comparisons | |
P values for condition/group comparisons | |
Effect sizes for condition/group comparisons | |
95% confidence intervals for condition/group comparisons |