Cochrane · systematic review · CD004025
Music therapy for people with schizophrenia and schizophrenia‐like disorders
Geretsegger, M, Mössler, KA, Bieleninik, Ł, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library
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
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 3 · 42.9%Moderate 4 · 57.1%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
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Population: People with schizophrenia and schizophrenia‐like disorders
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Global state: No clinically important overall improvement (as rated by individual trials) ‐ medium term ( | RR 0.38 [0.24, 0.59] | 2 studies · 133 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Mental state: specific ‐ negative symptoms ‐ average endpoint score (SANS, high score = poor) medium term ( | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 177 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Mental state: general ‐ average endpoint score (PANSS, high score = poor) ‐ medium term, ( | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 159 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Mental state: General ‐ average endpoint score (BPRS, high score = poor) ‐ medium term ( | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 70 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Functioning: general ‐ average endpoint score (GAF, high score = good) medium term ( | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 118 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Functioning: social ‐ average endpoint score (SDSS, high score = poor) medium term, ( | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 160 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Quality of life: general ‐ average endpoint score (GWB, high score = good) ‐ short term ( | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 72 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |