Question · asked by 1 review

ANY PROMPT vs NO PROMPT: Did not attend appointment

Population
people with severe mental disorders
Intervention
ANY PROMPT
Comparison
NO PROMPT
Outcome
Did not attend appointment

ANY PROMPT probably leads to lower did not attend appointment compared with NO PROMPT (moderate certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
ANY PROMPT vs NO PROMPT
Did not attend appointment · patients with serious mental illness
ANY PROMPT probably leads to lower did not attend appointment compared with NO PROMPT (moderate certainty).
Prompts to encourage appointment attendance for people with serious mental illness (2001) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.8 [0.65, 0.98]4 studies · 789 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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