Cochrane · systematic review · CD002085
Prompts to encourage appointment attendance for people with serious mental illness
Reda, S, Rowett, M, Makhoul, S · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2001 · Cochrane Library
SchizophreniaAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
8
current version
GRADE rated
8
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 5 · 62.5%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 3 · 37.5%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
PROMPT TYPE versus NO PROMPT for serious mental illness
Population: patients with serious mental illness
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Did not attend appointment ‐ telephone prompts PROMPT TYPE vs NO PROMPT | RR 0.84 [0.66, 1.07] | 2 studies · 447 participants | Moderate |
Did not attend appointment ‐ text‐based prompts PROMPT TYPE vs NO PROMPT | RR 0.76 [0.43, 1.32] | 3 studies · 326 participants | Moderate |
Did not attend appointment ‐ combination of telephone and text‐based prompts PROMPT TYPE vs NO PROMPT | RR 0.7 [0.42, 1.17] | 1 study · 66 participants | Very low |
TELEPHONE PROMPTS versus TEXT‐BASED PROMPTS (ORIENTATION STATEMENT) for serious mental illness
Population: patients with serious mental illness
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Did not attend appointment TELEPHONE PROMPTS vs TEXT‐BASED PROMPTS (ORIENTATION STATEMENT) | RR 1.93 [0.98, 3.8] | 1 study · 75 participants | Very low |
TEXT LETTER PROMPT versus TEXT ORIENTATION STATEMENT for serious mental illness
Population: patients with serious mental illness
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Did not attend appointment ‐ any time before appointment TEXT LETTER PROMPT vs TEXT ORIENTATION STATEMENT | RR 1.62 [0.89, 2.92] | 1 study · 120 participants | Very low |
Did not attend appointment ‐ one day before appointment TEXT LETTER PROMPT vs TEXT ORIENTATION STATEMENT | RR 2 [0.78, 5.15] | 1 study · 60 participants | Very low |
Did not attend appointment ‐ three days before TEXT LETTER PROMPT vs TEXT ORIENTATION STATEMENT | RR 1.38 [0.64, 2.93] | 1 study · 60 participants | Very low |
ANY PROMPT versus NO PROMPT for serious mental illness
Population: patients with serious mental illness
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Did not attend appointment ANY PROMPT vs NO PROMPT | RR 0.8 [0.65, 0.98] | 4 studies · 789 participants | Moderate |