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Quality of randomized controlled trials of new generation antidepressants and antipsychotics identified in the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI): a literature and telephone interview study.

Zheng TongFangzhou LiYusuke OgawaNorio WatanabeToshiaki A Furawaka
Published in: BMC medical research methodology (2018)
In general, RCTs that evaluate new generation antidepressants or antipsychotics and are indexed in the CNKI continue to be of low quality. When conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses in this field, it would be wise to include a specialist from China as a coresearcher to help assess the risk of bias in the identified studies.
Keyphrases
  • meta analyses
  • systematic review
  • quality improvement
  • major depressive disorder
  • randomized controlled trial
  • palliative care