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. 2022 May 28;272(7):1139–1155. doi: 10.1007/s00406-022-01416-6

Table 5.

Characteristics of systematic reviews that assessed the association of cognitive impairment in people with schizophrenia with different factors

Citation Databases searched and Range of search year Number of Included studies Sample size of studies included Domain addressed Concept addressed Quality assessment
Allott et al. (2011) –PsycINFO and MEDLINE –Until 31st July 2010 –22 studies –Sample size systematically NR –More than one domain Association with functionality Good quality
Christensen (2007) –PubMed (1966), PsycINFO (1967), and Embase (1974) –Up to 2004 –21 studies –Range from 30 to 118 patients: and median = 75 –General Association with functionality Moderate quality
Fett et al. (2011) –MEDLINE and PsycINFO –January 1977 to August 2009 –52 studies –2692 people with non-affective psychosis –More than one domain Association with functionality Moderate quality
Couture et al. (2006) –PsycINFO and MEDLINE/ PubMed –Range of search year is NR –NR –Sample size included are systematically NR –SC Association of SC with functionality Poor quality
Rajji et al. (2014) –MEDLINE –1999 to June 20, 2012 –NR –NR –More than one domain Association with functionality from Long-studies Poor quality
Halverson et al. (2019) –PsycINFO, PubMed, and ProQuest PsyArXiv –Update of Fett et al. (2011) to July 2017 –166 studies –12,868 PWS; 518 for correlation study –More than one domain Association with functionality Good quality
Schmidt et al. (2011) –MEDLINE and PsycINFO –January 2004 and December 2010 –15 studies –Ranges from 26 to 178 –More than one domain Association with functionality Poor quality
Donoghue and Doody (2012) –PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Zetoc Embase, CINAHL, Web of Knowledge –1980 and up until October 2010 –21 studies –Comorbid diagnosis of a SUD was 763, and the totals with no comorbid diagnosis was 770 –More than one domain Association with substance Moderate quality
Yüce et al (2010) –PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus –Between 1987 and March 2010 –10 studies –572 PWS (with and without cannabis use) –More than one domain Cannabis as an associated variable Moderate quality
Potvin et al. (2008) –PubMed and PsycINFO –Until 31st August 2006 –23 studies –1807 PWS with/without SUD, 789 PWS + SUD and 1106 PWS –More than one domain Substance as an associated variable Moderate quality
Coulston et al. (2007) –MEDLINE and PsycINFO –NR –65 studies –Sample size are not systematically NR –More than one domain Substance as an associated variable Poor quality
Dominguez et al. (2009) –MEDLINE and PsychINFO –January 1977 to April 2008 –58 studies –5,009 people with non-affective psychosis –More than one domain Association with sx dimensions Moderate quality
Nieuwenstein et al. (2001) –Psychlit and Medline –1980 to December 1999 –For WCST 16, and for CPT 6 studies –Sample size are not reported systematically –EF and At/vigilance Association with sx dimensions Poor quality
Citation Databases searched Range of search year Number of Included studies Sample size of studies included Domain addressed Concept addressed Quality assessment
Maltais et al. (2015) –PubMed and PsycINFO –Between 1975 and 2012 –56 studies –5,588 PWS –General Association with age Poor quality
Kurtz (2011) –PsycINFO (2010), MEDLINE (2008) –1980 up to 2008/2010 –20 studies –Sample size is not systematically reported –More than one domain Response for treatment Poor quality
Keefe et al. (1999) –MEDLINE and Psychology Abstract –Between 1990 and April 1998 –15 studies –Sample size are not reported systematically –More than one domain Comparison b/n typical and atypical antipsychotics Moderate quality
Subotnik et al. (2020) –PsychINFO, PubMed, and Google Scholar –January 1, 1993 to June 30, 2018 –123 studies –14,932 PWS –More than one domain Association with insight Poor quality
Nair at al. (2014) –PubMed and Web of Science –For insight study from 2004 until September 2012 –72 studies for insight study, 34 studies in PWS –5429 patients for insight study, 1821 PWS –More than one domain Association with insight in psychotic disorder Moderate quality
Agrawal at al. (2003) –PubMed and Web of Science –1980 and April 2004 –35 studies –2354 people with psychosis –More than one domain Association with insight Moderate quality
Cooke et al. (2005) –PsycINFO (from1967) and MEDLINE (from 1966) –Up to December 2004 –45 studies –Range is between 21 and 535 –More than one domain Association with insight Poor quality
Reinharth et al. (2014) –PsycINFO and MEDLINE –Up to April 2013 –29 studies –4764 PWS –More than one domain Association with Aggressive behaviour Moderate quality
Vargas et al. (2019) –PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and Web of Science –On July 28, 2018 –23 studies –3315 people with Psychotic –More than one domain Association with childhood trauma Moderate quality
Dauvermann and Donohoe (2019) –PubMed and PsycINFO –Between 1993 and December 2017 –21 studies –Range b/n 28 and 659 –More than one domain Association with childhood trauma Poor quality
Allott et al. (2018) –PubMed and Embase –Inception to June 2015 –43 studies –4647 FEP patients –More than one domain Association with DUP Poor quality
Bora et al. (2018) –PubMed and Scopus –January 1980 to February 2017 –27 studies –3127 FEP –More than one domain Association with DUP Moderate quality

CPT continuous performance test, Long-studies longitudinal studies, NR not reported, PWS people with schizophrenia, SC social cognition, SUD substance used disorder, Sx symptom; WCST wisconsin card sorting test, At attention, DUP duration of untreated psychosis, EF executive function, FEP first Episode Psychosis, PWS people with schizophrenia