Fig. 1: Study flowchart. | npj Digital Medicine

Fig. 1: Study flowchart.

From: Randomized clinical trial of a digital medication system to enhance adherence in patients with severe mental disorders

Fig. 1

Flowchart depicting the progression of study participants through the trial, from recruitment and randomization to outcome measurement and analysis. This study was conducted across 30 communities in four districts of Beijing: Xicheng (urban core), Haidian (urban-rural fringe and high-tech development zone), Tongzhou (suburban), and Pinggu (rural, primarily agricultural, with a low population density). Recruitment dates were as follows: Haidian from September 5 to October 13, 2022; Xicheng from September 2 to October 19, 2022; Tongzhou from September 14 to October 25, 2022; and Pinggu from September 9, 2022, to January 12, 2023. Among the 216 patients included in this study, there was indeed one case of hospitalization. This case is in the control group, where the participant is noted as being unwilling to continue participating in the study.

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