Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33409919›Full record

Trial reportBiological trace element research2021

The Effects of Probiotic and Selenium Co-supplementation on Clinical and Metabolic Scales in Chronic Schizophrenia: a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Hamidreza Jamilian, Amir Ghaderi

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Biological trace element research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Nutraceuticals in Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  8. Schizophrenia: from mechanism to therapy.Science China. Life sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hamidreza JamilianDepartment of Psychiatry, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
Amir GhaderiClinical Research Development Unit-Matini/Kargarnejad Hospital, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR, Iran. gaderiam@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9193-6039
Arak University of Medical Sciences · IRKashan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Arak University of Medical Sciences IR.ARAKMU.REC.1397.142
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated the effects of probiotic and selenium co-supplementation on clinical and metabolic symptoms in patients with chronic schizophrenia. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted among 60 people with chronic schizophrenia to receive either 8 × 10

Indexed as

Insulin ResistanceProbioticsSchizophreniaSeleniumAntioxidantsBlood GlucoseC-Reactive ProteinDietary SupplementsDouble-Blind MethodHumansInsulinOxidative StressAntioxidantsBlood GlucoseC-Reactive ProteinInsulinSeleniumMetabolic profilesPositive and negative symptoms scale (PANSS)ProbioticSchizophreniaSelenium

Identifiers

PMID33409919
OpenAlexW3118861570

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.