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. 2014 Jun 17;2014(6):CD009960. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009960.pub2
Study Reason for exclusion
Burgoyne 1983 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: severe mental illness.
Intervention: telephone prompt vs. no prompt, not semi‐automatic ICT‐based prompt.
Cramer 1999 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: less than 50% with schizophrenia.
Intervention: compliance support via visual feedback, both groups had electronic device.
Crespo‐Iglesias 2006 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: all people with psychiatry appointment.
Intervention: telephone call vs. assume no telephone call, not semi‐automatic ICT‐based prompt.
Frangou 2005 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: schizophrenia.
Intervention: e‐monitoring (medication dispenser transmitting to research team) vs. pill counting vs. usual care, not semi‐automatic ICT‐based prompt.
Hansson 2008 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: schizophrenia or related psychotic disorder.
Intervention: DIALOG (computer‐mediated structuring patient‐key worker communicating to patient satisfaction with 8 life domains) vs usual care, not semi‐automatic ICT‐based prompt.
Kluger 1983 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: psychiatric outpatients.
Intervention: telephone prompt vs. orientation statement + prompt vs. orientation statement vs. usual care, not semi‐automatic ICT‐based prompt.
Lassen 2011 Allocation: quasi‐randomised.
Participants: schizophrenia or related psychotic disorder.
Intervention: acceptance and commitment therapy or treatment as usual + treatment as usual, not semi‐automatic ICT‐based prompt.
MacDonald 2000a Allocation: not randomised.
Participants: psychiatric outpatients.
Intervention: telephone prompting vs. usual care, not semi‐automatic ICT‐based prompt.
Montes 2009 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: schizophrenia.
Intervention: telephone call vs. usual care, not semi‐automatic ICT prompt.
Nietert 2009 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: people with mixed serious medical diagnoses, 1 % psychosis.
Intervention: system to prompt pharmacist to prompt clinicians via telephone vs. facsimile vs. usual care, not semi‐automatic ICT prompt.
Pijnenborg 2010 Allocation: quasi‐randomised, not randomised.
Participants: schizophrenia or related disorders.
Intervention: SMS‐message semi‐automated goal directed prompts vs. delay instigation waiting list control full stop.
Rossi 1994 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: severe mental illness.
Intervention: telephone prompt vs. assignment only vs. assignment with written prompt vs. control, not semi‐automatic ICT prompt.
Tidey 2011 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: schizophrenia.
Intervention: contingency management vs. non‐contingent reinforcement, not semi‐automatic ICT prompt.
Velligan 2008 Allocation: randomised.
Participants: schizophrenia outpatients.
Intervention: full‐CAT vs. pharm‐CAT vs. treatment as usual, not (ONLY) semi‐automatic ICT prompt.

CAT ‐ cognitive adaption training
 DIALOG ‐ computer‐mediated structuring patient‐key worker communicating tool
 full‐CAT ‐ cognitive adaption training to improve multiple areas of adaptive functioning
 ICT ‐ information and communication technology
 pharm‐CAT ‐ cognitive adaption training for medication adherence
 SMS ‐ short message service
 vs ‐ versus