Communication skills training vs no specific training: Mental state: General, Positive and Negative Symptoms: Average endpoint score (PANSS General, Positive, Negative, high = poor, medium term)
Communication skills training showed no clear difference in mental state: General, Positive and Negative Symptoms: Average… compared with no specific training (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Communication skills training vs no specific training Mental state: General, Positive and Negative Symptoms: Average endpoint score (PANSS General, Positive, Negative, high = poor, medium term) · psychiatrists and people with schizoaffective disorder or schizophrenia Communication skills training showed no clear difference in mental state: General, Positive and Negative Symptoms: Average… compared with no specific training (low certainty). Communication skills training for mental health professionals working with people with severe mental illness (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 59 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication skills training for mental health professionals working with people with severe mental illness 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.