SHORT vs LONG HOSPITAL STAY: No clinically important changes in specific symptoms ‐ positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia (long term) Mental state: Not improved ‐ by 2 years ‐ as measured by PEF scale PEF scale
It is very uncertain whether SHORT changes no clinically important changes in specific symptoms ‐ positive and… compared with LONG HOSPITAL STAY (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
SHORT vs LONG HOSPITAL STAY No clinically important changes in specific symptoms ‐ positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia (long term) Mental state: Not improved ‐ by 2 years ‐ as measured by PEF scale PEF scale · patients with people with severe mental illness It is very uncertain whether SHORT changes no clinically important changes in specific symptoms ‐ positive and… compared with LONG HOSPITAL STAY (very low certainty). Length of hospitalisation for people with severe mental illness (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 3.39 [0.76, 15.02] | 1 study · 61 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length of hospitalisation for people with severe mental illness 2014 · 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.