Schizophrenia trials in China: a survey

Objective:  China's biomedical research activity is increasing and this literature is becoming more accessible online. Our aim was to survey all randomized control schizophrenia trials (RCTs) in one Chinese bibliographic database. Method:  Chinese Academic Journals was electronically searched f...

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Published in:Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2007-07, Vol.116 (1), p.6-9, Article 6
Main Authors: Chakrabarti, A., Adams, C. E., Rathbone, J., Wright, J., Xia, J., Wong, W., Von Reibnitz, P., Koenig, C., Baier, S., Pfeiffer, C., Blatter, J., Mantz, M., Kloeckner, K.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
China
Humans
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
randomized controlled trial
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - drug therapy
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Summary:Objective:  China's biomedical research activity is increasing and this literature is becoming more accessible online. Our aim was to survey all randomized control schizophrenia trials (RCTs) in one Chinese bibliographic database. Method:  Chinese Academic Journals was electronically searched for RCTs and all relevant citations were also sought on PubMed to ascertain global accessibility. Results:  The search identified 3275 records, of which 982 were RCTs relevant to schizophrenia. A total of 71% (699) could be found by using English phrases. All the main body of text of the 982 papers was in Mandarin. On average, these trials involved about 100 people, with interventions and outcome measures familiar to schizophrenia trialists worldwide. Four of the 982 records (
ISSN:0001-690X
1600-0447
0065-1591
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01027.x