Question · asked by 1 review

Structured risk assessment vs usual care: Behaviour: aggressive or violent behaviour

Population
aggressive behaviour in schizophrenia
Intervention
Structured risk assessment
Comparison
usual care
Outcome
Behaviour: aggressive or violent behaviour

Structured risk assessment probably leads to lower scientific behaviour: aggression – clinically important change in… compared with standard professional care (moderate certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Structured risk assessment vs standard professional care
Scientific behaviour: aggression – clinically important change in aggressive/violent behaviour, as defined by the individual studies · aggressive behaviour in schizophrenia
Structured risk assessment probably leads to lower scientific behaviour: aggression – clinically important change in… compared with standard professional care (moderate certainty).
Risk assessment for aggressive behaviour in schizophrenia (2024) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.59 [0.41, 0.85]1 study · 1852 participantsModerate

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Risk assessment for aggressive behaviour in schizophrenia
2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed
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