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. 2017 Jun 28;2017(6):CD012217. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012217.pub2

Sun 2014.

Methods Allocation: randomised.
Blindness: not stated.
Duration: 2 months.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia (CCMD‐3; PANSS > = 60).
N = 108.
Age: 18‐71 years.
Sex: 51 men 43 women.
History: average duration ill ˜ 6 years (SD ˜ 3).
Inclusion criteria: not stated.
Exclusion criteria: not stated.
Interventions 1. WDD (please see details in Table 5) + aripiprazole (dose stared from 5 mg/d, and increased individually, but did not exceed 30 mg/d.). N = 54.
 2. Aripiprazole (dose stared from 5 mg/d, and increased individually, but did not exceed 30 mg/d). N = 54.
Outcomes Global state: cure (binary PANSS scores ‐ reduced >75%, 50% to 74%, 25% to 49%, no effect ‐ <24%).
Mental state: PANSS total.
Adverse events: EPS, weight gain, constipation (dry stool) (TESS).
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: "randomly divided in to intervention group and control …"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Not stated.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No missing outcome data.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk We were unable to locate original study protocol, however, all outcomes listed in the 'methods' section of the paper appear to have been measured and reported.
Other bias Low risk No obvious other bias.