Pu 2007.
Methods | Allocation: randomised, no further details. Blindness: unclear. Duration: eight weeks. Design: parallel. Setting: inpatient and outpatient, China. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |