The DOI matches its Crossref record; 38 of the 38 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
The Efficacy of Metacognitive Training for Delusions in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Informs Evidence‐Based Practice
Abstract
Background: Metacognitive training (MCT) was developed in 2007 and widely used to modify the delusions for patient with schizophrenia. However, its effectiveness remains unclear. Aims: To investigate the overall effectiveness of MCT for delusion in schizophrenia patients from 2007 to 2016, and to investigate the variables (intervention approach, intervention dose, and participant factors) of an MCT study that could influence the effect size. Methods: Parallel‐arm design of MCT for delusions published from 2007 to 2016 were collected and then cross‐referenced using these keywords: delusion (psychosis or psychotic or schizophrenia) and metacognitive (training or therapy or intervention). The quality of the studies was evaluated and the effect size and the moderating variables of MCT on delusion were determined. Results: A total of 11 studies on the effect of MCT for delusion were investigated. The MCT had a moderate immediate postintervention effect (g = −0.38) and a lasting effect after 6 months (g = −0.35). In terms of immediate effect, moderating variables with significant differences between them were (a) individual approach versus group‐based approach and mixed approach, and (b) eastern country versus western country. Linking Evidence to Action: MCT could be used as a valuable nonpharmacologic intervention to reduce delusions in clinical settings. The individual modularized MCT approach had a beneficial effect and is recommended to healthcare professionals as an application for patients with schizophrenia or delusional disorder.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“Two meta-analyses of MCT showed a moderate postintervention effect of g = − 0.34 [41] and g = − 0.38 [40].”
From Metacognitive Training for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2020) · cites this paper as [40]
Citations
Cites
Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
Egger, M., Smith, G. D., Schneider, M., & Minder, C. (1997) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.315.7109.629 · Cited by 56,722
The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) for schizophrenia.
Kay, S. R., Fiszbein, A., & Opler, L. A. (1987) · Schizophrenia Bulletin · doi:10.1093/schbul/13.2.261 · Cited by 21,378
Operating characteristics of a rank correlation test for publication bias
Begg, C. B., & Mazumdar, M. (1994) · Biometrics · doi:10.2307/2533446 · Cited by 16,955
Duval, S., & Tweedie, R. (2000) · Biometrics · doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.00455.x · Cited by 14,099
(2000) · Cited by 9,198
Statistical Methods for Meta-Analysis.
Freeman, P. R., Hedges, L. V., & Olkin, I. (1986) · Biometrics · doi:10.2307/2531069 · Cited by 4,839
Assessing heterogeneity in meta-analysis: Q statistic or I² index?
Huedo-Medina, T. B., Sánchez-Meca, J., Marín-Martínez, F., & Botella, J. (2006) · Psychological Methods · doi:10.1037/1082-989x.11.2.193 · Cited by 4,256
Meta-Analysis: Recent Developments in Quantitative Methods for Literature Reviews
Rosenthal, R., & DiMatteo, M. R. (2001) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.59 · Cited by 1,780
HADDOCK, G., McCARRON, J., TARRIER, N., & FARAGHER, E. B. (1999) · Psychological Medicine · doi:10.1017/s0033291799008661 · Cited by 1,461
A trial studying approach to predict college achievement
Meijer, R. R., & Niessen, A. S. M. (2015) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00887 · Cited by 711
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Items 101–109 of 109
Zhu, X., Liu, J., Wei, W., Ma, L., Du, H., Jin, A., He, J., & Li, X. (2025) · Psychology Health & Medicine · doi:10.1080/13548506.2025.2552964
Kuroda, K., Hori, T., & Hayashi, A. (2026) · Community Mental Health Journal · doi:10.1007/s10597-026-01621-w
Shen, L., Yan, J., Xiao, W., Sun, L., Du, M., & He, Y. (2025) · Psychology Research and Behavior Management · doi:10.2147/prbm.s548616
Effectiveness and patient experience of a day rehabilitation ward in China: a mixed-methods study
Li, Z.-R., Dong, N., Wang, C., Yao, S., Wang, R., Zhu, T., & Li, X. (2026) · BMC Psychiatry · doi:10.1186/s12888-026-08077-y
Küçük, D. C., & Tatu, M. K. (2026) · Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services · doi:10.3928/02793695-20260420-02 · Cited by 1
Metacognitive interventions for adolescents with mental disorders: a scoping review
Santo, A. E., Marques, J. P. R., Silva, R. C. G., Balzan, R. P., Sampaio, F., & de Pinho, L. G. (2026) · Pediatric Research · doi:10.1038/s41390-026-05115-z
Schoenleber, A., Quinlivan, E., Jelinek, L., Miegel, F. S., Bermpohl, F., Moritz, S., Schreiter, S., & Friedel, E. (2026) · Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy · doi:10.1002/cpp.70294
Swanson, L., Rask, B., Persson, J., Graner, P., Bengtsson, J., Bodén, R., Cernvall, M., Sällström, U., Tyrberg, M. J., Möritz, S., et al. (2026) · Trials · doi:10.1186/s13063-026-09879-x
Orlov, N. D., Sarzyńska, I., Góral-Półrola, J., Leśnicka, P., Bartkowska, O., Stańczyk, S., Siwiec, E., Ziółkowski, A., & Kopańska, M. (2026) · Brain Sciences · doi:10.3390/brainsci16090956
Metadata
- Authors
- Liu, Y., Tang, C., Hung, T., Tsai, P., & Lin, M.
- Affiliations
- National Cheng Kung University (TW)
- Purdue University in Indianapolis (US)
- Chia-Yi Christian Hospital (TW)
- Corresponding author
- Lin, Mei‐Feng
- Venue
- Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-02-28
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 130-139
- ISSN
- 1545-102X (ISSN-L)
- 1741-6787
- OpenAlex
- W2793334816
- Cited by
- 109
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 6
- FWCI
- 1.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- metacognitive training, delusions, schizophrenia, delusional disorder, psychosis, non-pharmacological treatment, intervention dosage, moderators of effect size, evidence-based practice
- MeSH terms
- Metacognition, Delusions, Humans, Schizophrenia, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
