| Category |
Treatment
|
| Patients |
Inpatients with bipolar disorder or major depression |
| Exposure |
Psychoeducational family intervention aiming at acceptance of disease, identification of precipitators and family interaction |
| Comparison |
Treatment as usual |
| Outcome |
Global Assessment Scale and many others |
| EER |
@ |
| CER |
@ |
| NNT/NNH |
@ |
| Comments |
The results were so presented that it was difficult to know the clinical impact of intervention. Moreover, inpatient family intervention was found useful only among female bipolars, after post hoc subgroup analyses. |
| Reference |
Clarkin JF et al (1990) A randomized clinical trial of inpatient family intervention: V. Results for affective disorders. J Affect Disord 18: 17-28
|
| Appraiser |
Dr Kazuo Ishii |
| Lastappraised |
10/23/2003 |
From RCT into NNT
