Question · asked by 1 review

PROMPT TYPE vs NO PROMPT: Did not attend appointment ‐ text‐based prompts

Population
people with severe mental disorders
Intervention
PROMPT TYPE
Comparison
NO PROMPT
Outcome
Did not attend appointment ‐ text‐based prompts

PROMPT TYPE showed no clear difference in did not attend appointment ‐ text‐based prompts compared with NO PROMPT (moderate certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
PROMPT TYPE vs NO PROMPT
Did not attend appointment ‐ text‐based prompts · patients with serious mental illness
PROMPT TYPE showed no clear difference in did not attend appointment ‐ text‐based prompts compared with NO PROMPT (moderate certainty).
Prompts to encourage appointment attendance for people with serious mental illness (2001) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.76 [0.43, 1.32]3 studies · 326 participantsModerate

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Prompts to encourage appointment attendance for people with serious mental illness
2001 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

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