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. 2016 Mar 23;2016(3):CD009547. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009547.pub2

for the main comparison.

Dietary Advice compared with no advice for schizophrenia
Patient or population: participants with schizophrenia
Settings: hospital or community
Intervention: dietary advice
Comparison: no dietary advice
Outcomes Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) Relative effect
 (95% CI) No of Participants
 (studies) Quality of the evidence
 (GRADE) Comments
Assumed risk Corresponding risk
Standard Care Dietary Advice
Improvement in nutritional intake We found no relevant trials and therefore no data were available
Change in measures of nutritional status: weight (kg), body mass index (kg/ m2), and waist/ hip ratio (cms) No trial‐based data
Mental state No trial‐based data
Clinically important adverse effects No trial‐based data
Measures of physiological function No trial‐based data
*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
 CI: Confidence interval; RR: Risk Ratio
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
 High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
 Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
 Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
 Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.