Xu 2007.
Methods | Allocation: randomised. Blindness: not stated. Duration: 8 weeks. |
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Participants | Diagnosis: schizophrenia (CCMD‐3). N = 160. Age: 16‐50. Sex: 88 men 72 women. History: not stated. Inclusion criteria: Blood, urine and biochemical tests normal. Exclusion criteria: Brain organic mental disorders; drug induced mental disorders. |
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Interventions | 1. WDD (please see details in Table 5) + clozapine: dose clozapine 50 mg/d to 100 mg/d. N = 80. 2. Clozapine: dose clozapine 200‐400mg/d. N = 80. | |
Outcomes | Global state: cure (binary BPRS scores ‐ reduced >75%, 50% to 75%, 25% to 50%, no effect ‐ < 25%). Adverse events: insomnia, sleepiness, nausea or vomiting, constipation, dizzying or headache, EPS, EEG abnormal, liver function abnormal (TESS). |
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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. |