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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019

Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture and Electroconvulsive Therapy as Additional Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Controlled Study.

Jie Jia, Jun Shen, Fei-Hu Liu, Hei Kiu Wong, Xin-Jing Yang, Qiang-Ju Wu, Hui Zhang, Hua-Ning Wang, Qing-Rong Tan, Zhang-Jin Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jie JiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Xi'an Mental Health Center, Xi'an, China.
Jun ShenDepartment of Psychiatry, Xi'an Mental Health Center, Xi'an, China.
Fei-Hu LiuDepartment of Psychiatry, Xi'an Mental Health Center, Xi'an, China.
Hei Kiu WongSchool of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Xin-Jing YangSchool of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Qiang-Ju WuDepartment of Psychiatry, Xi'an Mental Health Center, Xi'an, China.
Hui ZhangDepartment of Psychiatry, Xi'an Mental Health Center, Xi'an, China.
Hua-Ning WangDepartment of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Qing-Rong TanDepartment of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Zhang-Jin ZhangSchool of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Xian Mental Health Center · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HKAir Force Medical University · CNXijing Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electroacupuncture (EA) and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are often used in the management of schizophrenia. This study sought to determine whether additional EA and ECT could augment antipsychotic response and reduce related side effects. In this retrospective controlled study, 287 hospitalized schizophrenic patients who received antipsychotics (controls,

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acupunctureelectroconvulsive therapy (ECT)negative symptomspositive symptomsschizophreniaweight gain

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PMID31681100
PMCPMC6804524
OpenAlexW2981232681

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