Methods | Allocation: random, no further details. Blindness: double, no further details. Duration: 16 weeks (first 8 weeks observed). Design: cross-over. Location: not reported. Country: not reported. |
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Participants | Diagnosis: schizophrenia. N=8. Age: not reported. Sex: not reported. History: duration ill not reported, age at onset not reported. Setting: in- and outpatient. |
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Outcomes | Global State: CGI. Mental State: PANSS total score, PANSS positive subscore, PANSS negative subscore depression Calgary depression scale Unable to use - Global state: CGI (no usable data). Mental State: (no usable data). |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors’ judgement | Support for judgement |
Adequate sequence generation? | Unclear risk | Random, no further details. |
Allocation concealment? | Unclear risk | No further details. |
Blinding? Objective outcomes |
Low risk | Objective outcomes such as laboratory measures or death are unlikely to have been much affected by problems of blinding |
Blinding? Subjective outcomes |
Unclear risk | Double, no further details. Whether blinding was successful has not been examined, but the compounds differ quite substantially in side-effects. This can be a problem for blinding |
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes |
High risk | Data on leaving the study early were not available. |
Free of selective reporting? | High risk | Data were only presented as a poster, data on primary outcomes were missing |
Free of other bias? | High risk | The study was sponsored by the manufacturers of olanzapine. |