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Table 2 Criteria for depression and possible biases in MRR

From: Depression in adults with sickle cell disease: a systematic review of the methodological issues in assessing prevalence of depression

Year

Authors

Criteria for depression

Possible biases

2009

Carroll et al

International classification of disease (ICD-9) diagnostic coding for mood disorder (including depressive and bipolar disorders): 296.00 to 296.89

Depressed patients without diagnostic reported

Depressed patients diagnosed but code not reported

2011

Carroll et al

ICD-9 diagnostic coding for mood disorder (including depressive and bipolar disorders): 296.00 to 296.89

Depressed patients without diagnostic reported

Depressed patients diagnosed but code not reported

2015

Mann-Jiles et al

Reported symptoms related to depression

Other symptoms related to depression were treated separately, for example

Anhedonia,

Hyper- or hypophagia

Insomnia

Sleep/wake disturbance

A list of symptoms is not enough to hypothesised depression: risk of under- or overestimation

2016

Fayand et al

Diagnostic coding, then

Confirmation with medical records by:

Mention of opinion,

Medical monitoring,

Or psychiatric treatment

Depressed patients without diagnostic reported

Depressed patients diagnosed but code not reported