The Representativeness of Participants With Severe Mental Illness in a Psychosocial Clinical Trial

Title : The Representativeness of Participants With Severe Mental Illness in a Psychosocial Clinical Trial

Source : Cochrane
ID : 30564154
Authors : Lally, , J, Watkins, R, Nash, S, Shetty, H, Gardner-Sood, P, Smith, S, Murray, RM; Gaughran, F
Year : 2018
Disease Category : Mental disorder
Focused Population : Not Specified
Priori/Posteriori : Posteriori
Single-study Generalibility? : Single
Score/Non-Score : Non-score
Tutorial/Method : Utilized an anonymised case register to determine if participants in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a novel psychosocial health intervention aiming to improve physical health in SMI had similar severity of illness to eligible non-participants
Compared general demographic and patient characteristics : No
Compared disease-specific clinical characteristics : Yes
Compared adverse events : No
Compared outcomes/treatment effect (including survival) : No
Trial participants vs. eligible patients (by applying eligibility criteria on the patient data) : Yes
Real-world data sources : Hospital data
Target Population Data Type Levels : Hospital