Magnetic seizure therapy plus standard care vs electroconvulsive therapy plus standard care: Global state: clinically important change in global state
- Population
- people with the acute phase of schizophrenia
- Intervention
- Magnetic seizure therapy plus standard care
- Comparison
- electroconvulsive therapy plus standard care
- Outcome
- Global state: clinically important change in global state
It is very uncertain whether magnetic seizure therapy plus standard care changes global state: clinically important change assessed by: number of… compared with electroconvulsive therapy plus standard care (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Magnetic seizure therapy plus standard care vs electroconvulsive therapy plus standard care Global state: clinically important change assessed by: number of participants with a clinical responseStudy duration: 4 weeks · people with acute schizophrenia It is very uncertain whether magnetic seizure therapy plus standard care changes global state: clinically important change assessed by: number of… compared with electroconvulsive therapy plus standard care (very low certainty). Magnetic seizure therapy for people with schizophrenia (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.12 [0.73, 1.7] | 1 study · 79 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnetic seizure therapy for people with schizophrenia 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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.