A further 932 were recruited from the public to act as a control group for comparison. |
Dr Duncan found that only one of the groups, the third group, showed any apparent effect in comparison with the control group. |
This study is a preliminary report of the case series without a control group for comparison. |
Table 4 shows the relative mortality of this group of patients compared with the control group. |
The possibly calming effect of having family present for the control group during the intervention could have played a part in the reaction. |
Patients in the control group received standard care delivered by the community mental health teams. |