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). |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Allocation concealment? | Unclear risk | B ‐ Unclear |