Skip to main content
. 2004 Jan 26;2004(1):CD003545. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003545.pub2

Coons 1962.

Methods Allocation: randomly assigned (by Dr. Coons independently, code in a sealed envelope). 
 Blindness: double (identical capsules, coded bottles). 
 Design: 3 parallel groups, single centre. 
 Duration: 6 weeks (preceded by 8 days washout). 
 Analysis: intention‐to‐treat. 
 Country: Canada.
Participants Diagnosis: ** mixed (˜79,4% schizophrenia; ˜12% affective psychoses; ˜5% psychoneuroses; ˜3.6% outros, ˜12% leucotomy). 
 N=117. 
 Age: ˜47 years. 
 Sex: female. 
 Setting: hospital. 
 History: long term hospital patients (mean˜141 months).
Interventions 1. Trifluoperazine: dose 15 mg/day. N=39. 
 2. Chlorpromazine: dose 150 mg/day. N=39. 
 3. Placebo. N=39.
Outcomes Use of antiparkinson agents.
Unable to use ‐ 
 Behaviour: (Hospital Adjustment Scale ‐ no data).
Notes ** Mixed diagnosis.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Low risk A ‐ Adequate