Table 3.
Description of included studies
| References | Study location | Study design | Study setting | Sample population | Sample Size | Screening instrument | Length of follow up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adegbolagun et al. [54] | Nigeria | Quasi-experimental (Pre-Post Intervention) | University Health Centre | Students with sickle cell disease aged 16–24 years | 20 | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) | None |
| Are et al. [55] | Nigeria | Controlled clinical trial | Secondary School | Students aged 13–18 years with clinically diagnosed depression | 40 | Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) | None |
| Bella-Awusah et al. [56] | Nigeria | Randomized control trial | Secondary School | Students aged 14–17 years | 40 | Beck's Depression Inventory | 16 weeks |
| Bolton et al. [75] | Uganda | Randomized control trial | Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps | Adolescent survivors of war and displacement aged 14–17 years | 314 | Acholi Psychosocial Assessment Instrument (APAI) | None |
| Ede et al. [57] | Nigeria | Randomized control trial | College of Education students | College students aged 15–25 years | 162 | Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) | 12 weeks |
| Eseadi et al. [58] | Nigeria | Randomized control trial | University Campus | University students | 67 | Beck's Depression Inventory | 2 weeks |
| Ezegbe et al. [59] | Nigeria | Randomized control trial | University Campus | Undergraduate social science students | 55 | Goldberg Depression Scale (GDS) | 12 weeks |
| Ezeudu et al. [60] | Nigeria | Randomized control trial | University Campus | Undergraduate chemistry students | 23 | Beck's Depression Inventory | Not reported |
| Getanda and Vostanis [63] | Kenya | Randomized CONTROL TRIAL | Secondary School | Internally Displaced adolescents aged 14–17 years | 54 | Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children (DSRS) | 1 week |
| Isa et al. [61] | Nigeria | Quasi-experimental (Pre-Post Intervention) | Psychiatric hospital | Clinically depressed adolescents aged 13–18 years | 18 | Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) | 4 weeks |
| Kaminer et al. [70] | South Africa | Randomized control trial | University-based trauma research clinic | Trauma-Exposed Adolescents aged 11–19 years | 75 | Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) | 12 weeks |
| McMullen et al. [67] | Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) | Randomized control trial | Re-Orientation Centre for former child soldiers | Former boy soldiers aged 13–17 years | 50 | African Youth Psychosocial Assessment Instrument (AYPA) (formerly known as the Acholi Psychosocial Assessment Instrument) | 12 weeks |
| O'Callaghan et al. [68] | DRC | Randomized control trial | Local vocational training centre | War-affected sexually abused girls aged 12–17 years | 52 | African Youth Psychosocial Assessment Instrument (AYPA) | 12 weeks |
| Ofoegbu et al. [62] | Nigeria | Randomized control trial | University Campus | University students | 192 | Beck's Depression Inventory | 4 weeks |
| Olashore et al. [71] | Botswana | Randomized control trial | HIV Clinic | Adolescents living with HIV, aged 15 to 19 | 50 | Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-9) | 24 weeks |
| Osborn et al. [65] | Kenya | Randomized control trial | Secondary School for low-income students | Secondary school students aged 13–18 years | 103 | Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) | 2 weeks |
| Osborn et al. [64] | Kenya | Randomized control trial | Secondary School in an urban slum | Secondary school students aged 12–19 years | 51 | Patient Health Questionnaire-8 | None |
| Osborn et al. [66] | Kenya | Randomized control trial | High schools in an impoverished urban neighbourhood | Grade 9–11 High school students aged 13–19 years | 235 | Patient Health Questionnaire–8 | 4 weeks |
| Rivet-Duval et al. [73] | Mauritius | Randomized control trial | Secondary School | Secondary school students aged 12–16 years | 160 | Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale—2 (RADS-2) | 24 weeks |
| Thurman et al. [69] | South Africa | Randomized control trial | Community-based program | HIV orphaned and vulnerable adolescents 14–17 years | 489 | Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) | 48 weeks |
| Tol et al. [72] | Burundi | Cluster randomized control trial | Secondary school in war-torn area | War-affected secondary school students | 329 | Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children (DSRS) | 12 weeks |
| Unterhitzenberger and Rosner [74] | Rwanda | Randomized control trial | Orphanage's boarding school | Orphaned adolescents aged 14–18 years | 69 | Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents, Part A, on depression (MINI-KID A) | None |