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ArticleBioImpacts : BI2017

Study-based registers of randomized controlled trials: Starting a systematic review with data extraction or meta-analysis.

Farhad Shokraneh, Clive Elliott Adams

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Article in BioImpacts : BI, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 40 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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49citing papers in PubMed, 40 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 40 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Lurasidone versus typical antipsychotics for schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  3. Transitional discharge interventions for people with schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  5. Collaborative care approaches for people with severe mental illness.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  6. Risk assessment for aggressive behaviour in schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  8. Cognitive behavioural therapy without medication for schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  10. Magnetic seizure therapy for people with schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  15. Cognitive behavioural therapy (group) for schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  16. Antipsychotics for schizophrenia spectrum disorders with catatonic symptoms.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  18. Humour-based interventions for people with schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  19. Video games for people with schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Farhad ShokranehCochrane Schizophrenia Group, the Institute of Mental Health, a partnership between the University of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9687-8560
Clive Elliott AdamsCochrane Schizophrenia Group, the Institute of Mental Health, a partnership between the University of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1628-4020

Funding

Department of Health HTA/14/27/02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cochrane collaborationRandomized controlled trials as topicReference-based registerStudy-based registerSystematic reviews

Identifiers

PMID29435428
PMCPMC5801532

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