Poyurovsky 2002.
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Methods | Randomisation: randomised, no other details Blinding: double‐blind, no other details Duration: 8 weeks Country: Israel |
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Participants | Diagnosis: DSM‐IV schizophrenia N = 30 Age: 25.5 years Sex: male and female Setting: inpatients History: < 4 weeks of antipsychotics exposure Excluded: unco‐operative, aggressive, and suicidal patients and patients with medical illnesses that could affect body weight |
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Notes | Performed ITT analysis including dropouts. 74.2% study completers |
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Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Information is unavailable |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Information is unavailable |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Information is unavailable |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Information is unavailable |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Quote: "Six subjects withdrew from the study within the first 4 weeks because of lack of response (2 patients receiving fluoxetine) and psychotic exacerbation (2 fluoxetine and 2 placebo patients)." Pg 1058 Comment: only 80% of the study population completed the study, which may effect results due to the small sample size (N = 31), however, ITT analyses reported by the study authors provides similar results as study completers. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Study protocol is unavailable |
Other bias | Low risk | No obvious bias |