|
|
|
| Clinical problems awaiting solution |
| Clinical problems for which we found no evidence to act upon. If you know of any good evidence, please write us at webmaster@ebpcenter.com. |
| Category |
Treatment
|
| Patients |
Schizophrenia, refractory |
| Exposure |
ECT |
| Comparison |
|
| Outcome |
|
| EER |
|
| CER |
|
| NNT/NNH |
|
| Comments |
The Cochrane systematic review on ECT for schizophrenia found that 1) ECT is probably better than placebo/sham ECT and that 2) ECT is possibly worse than antipsychotics. However, no trial has evaluated ECT for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; and no trial focused specifically on psychomotor symptoms of schizophrenia (as opposed to overall schizophrenic symptoms such as hallucination/delusion/ego disturbance/negative symptoms). |
| Reference |
|
| Appraiser |
Dr Ikuyo Yamamoto |
| Lastappraised |
6/20/2002 |
|
From RCT into NNT
