STANDARD LOWER DOSE (> 3 to 7.5 mg/day) vs OTHER DOSES: Specific behaviour ‐ agitation
It is very uncertain whether STANDARD LOWER DOSE (> 3 to 7.5 mg/day) changes mental state/behaviour: clinically significant agitation (2‐10 weeks) compared with OTHER DOSES (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
STANDARD LOWER DOSE (> 3 to 7.5 mg/day) vs OTHER DOSES Mental state/behaviour: clinically significant agitation (2‐10 weeks) · people with the acute phase of schizophrenia It is very uncertain whether STANDARD LOWER DOSE (> 3 to 7.5 mg/day) changes mental state/behaviour: clinically significant agitation (2‐10 weeks) compared with OTHER DOSES (very low certainty). Haloperidol dose for the acute phase of schizophrenia (2013) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.93 [0.69, 1.26] | 1 study · 65 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haloperidol dose for the acute phase of schizophrenia 2013 · 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.