Ref (type) | Population | Outcome, Interventions | Results and statistical analysis | Effect size | Favours |
Adherence to treatment | |||||
RCT 3-armed trial |
36 men with schizophrenia |
Pill adherence scores of 80% (by pill count)
3 months
3/11 (27%) with psychoeducation 8/11 (73%) with behavioural therapy |
RR 0.37 (for psychoeducation v behavioural therapy) 95% CI 0.13 to 1.05 The RCT is likely to have been too small to detect a clinically important difference between groups |
Not significant | |
RCT |
39 people with schizophrenia |
Pill adherence scores >90%
2 months
6/13 (46%) with psychoeducational intervention 25/26 (96%) with behavioural interventions |
RR 2.08 95% CI 1.15 to 3.77 NNT 2 95% CI 2 to 5 |
Moderate effect size | behavioural interventions |