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. 2014 Jan 2;2014(1):CD006569. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006569.pub5

Pu 2007.

Methods Allocation: randomised, no further details.
Blindness: unclear.
 Duration: eight weeks.
 Design: parallel.
 Setting: inpatient and outpatient, China.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia (CCMD‐3).
 N = 60.
 Age: aripiprazole group: mean = (27.43 ± 7.17) years; risperidone group: mean = (27.06 ± 2.33) years.
Gender: aripiprazole group: 32 female; risperidone group: 32 female.
 History: aripiprazole group: total = (2.2 ± 1.5) years; risperidone group: total = (2.12 ± 1.61) years. Age at onset not reported.
Interventions 1. Aripiprazole: Dose range: 15‐30 mg/day. Mean = (19.50 ± 5.14) mg/day. N = 30.
 2. Risperidone: Dose range: 3‐6 mg/day. Mean = (4.03 ± 0.87) mg/day. N = 30.
Outcomes Mental state: BPRS total score, PANSS score decreased rate.
Change of BMI, PRL.
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Randomised, no further details.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear if outcome was assessed blindly.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear if there were incomplete data.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk No selective reporting.
Other bias Low risk None obvious.