Psychological interventions for positive symptoms in schizophrenia: protocol for a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is rising awareness that we need multidisciplinary approaches integrating psychological treatments for schizophrenia, but a comprehensive evidence based on their relative efficacy is lacking. We will conduct a network meta-analysis (NMA), integrating direct and indirect comparisons from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to rank psychological treatments for schizophrenia according to their efficacy, acceptability and tolerability.

Methods and analysis

We will include all RCTs comparing a psychological treatment aimed at positive symptoms of schizophrenia with another psychological intervention or with a no treatment condition (waiting-list and treatment as usual). We will include studies on adult patients with schizophrenia, excluding specific subpopulati

SUBMITTER: Bighelli I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857696 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature