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. 2004 Jul 19;2004(3):CD001720. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001720.pub2

Singh 1979.

Methods Allocation: randomised. 
 Blindness: double. 
 Duration: 44 weeks.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia (DSM‐II). 
 History: duration ill mean 4 years, range 3‐32. 
 N=30. 
 Age: mean 44 years, range 29‐59. 
 Sex: 24M, 6F. 
 Setting: community.
Interventions 1. Pipothiazine palmitate: dose mean 125 mg/IM/month, range 100‐15 mg/IM. N=15. 
 2. Fluphenazine enanthate: dose mean 44.2 mg/IM/month, range 25‐75 mg/IM. N=15.
Outcomes Adverse effects.
Unable to use ‐ 
 Mental state: BPRS (no usuable data). 
 Laboratory tests (no usable data).
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear