Psychosocial interventions for community-dwelling individuals with schizophrenia: study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the recent global mental health movement of the transition from hospital-centred to integrated community-based services, comprehensive evidence of psychosocial interventions focusing on community-dwelling individuals with schizophrenia is still lacking. To overcome this gap in the current knowledge, we will conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of all types of psychosocial interventions for community-dwelling (non-hospitalised) individuals with schizophrenia when compared with non-active control conditions (eg, treatment as usual).

Methods and analysis

This study protocol has been developed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols guidelines. By March 2022, the following s

SUBMITTER: Shikuri Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058762 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature