Wu 1990.
Study characteristics | |||
Patient sampling | Prospective, randomly selected. | ||
Patient characteristics and setting |
N with a clinical diagnosis of psychosis: 132. N screened: 132. Age: 15‐63 years old. Gender: M 78, F 54. Ethnicity: Not reported. Comorbid disorders: Not reported. Duration of symptoms: Not reported. Concurrent medications used: Not reported. Inclusion criteria: Not reported. Exclusions criteria: Not reported. Study aim: Diagnostic specificity by Schneider's first rank symptoms. Previous treatment for schizophrenia: Not reported. Clinical setting: Inpatients. Country: China. |
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Index tests |
Description of FRS used: "11 items of FRS and patients" . Professionals performing test: "Two experienced doctors". Resolution of discrepancies: Not reported. How FRS used in study: Diagnosis. |
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Target condition and reference standard(s) |
Reference standard: "standards set in the 1984 Mount Huangshan Conference". Target condition(s): Schizophrenia, Manic depression psychosis, Hysterical psychosis, Mental deficiency with mental disorder, Epileptic mental disorder, Traumatic mental disorder, Alcoholic psychosis. Professionals performing test: Not reported. Resolution of discrepancies: Not reported. |
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Flow and timing |
Study process: Patients were randomly selected from the inpatient ward. The diagnosis was based on the standards set in the 1984 Mount Huangshan Conference. According to the 11 items of FRS and patients’ medical history, two experienced doctors conducted psychiatric examination to determine the patients’ FRS symptoms. Follow‐up: Not reported. |
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Comparative | |||
Notes | Reference standard, Mount Huanshan Conference is an early version of Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Mental Disorders, CCMD. | ||
Methodological quality | |||
Item | Authors' judgement | Risk of bias | Applicability concerns |
DOMAIN 1: Patient Selection | |||
Was a consecutive or random sample of patients enrolled? | Yes | ||
Was a case‐control design avoided? | Unclear | ||
Did the study avoid inappropriate exclusions? | Yes | ||
Low | Unclear | ||
DOMAIN 2: Index Test All tests | |||
Were the index test results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the reference standard? | Unclear | ||
Did the study pre‐specify whether they were using one or multiple FRSs? | No | ||
Unclear | Low | ||
DOMAIN 3: Reference Standard | |||
Is the reference standards likely to correctly classify the target condition? | Unclear | ||
Were the reference standard results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the index tests? | Unclear | ||
Unclear | Unclear | ||
DOMAIN 4: Flow and Timing | |||
Was there an appropriate interval between index test and reference standard? | Unclear | ||
Were all patients included in the analysis? | Unclear | ||
Did all patients receive a reference standard? | Yes | ||
Did all patients receive the same reference standard? | Unclear | ||
Did all patients receive an index test? | Yes | ||
Did all patients receive the same index test? | Yes | ||
Unclear |