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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

369 questions · 377 findings · 28 reviews · Schizophrenia

No studies found 101 · 26.8%GRADE not reported 54 · 14.3%Very low 133 · 35.3%Low 63 · 16.7%Moderate 26 · 6.9%High 0 · 0%

ECT plus standard care vs sham‐ECT plus standard care

Service use (short term) ‐ hospitalisation (number readmitted) · people with treatment‐resistant schizophrenia

ECT plus standard care may leads to lower service use (short term) ‐ hospitalisation (number readmitted) compared with sham‐ECT plus standard care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

ECT plus standard care vs antipsychotics plus standard care

Response to treatment (medium term) Clinically important response to treatment as defined by each study · people with treatment‐resistant schizophrenia

ECT plus standard care showed no clear difference in response to treatment (medium term) Clinically important response to… compared with antipsychotics plus standard care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review