Table 1.

Meta-analyses of the prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms among the general PLHA in China stratified by instrument and cutoff score

Screening instrument and cutoff score	No. of Studies	No. Depressed	Total No.	Prevalence, % (95% CI)	I2 (%)	P value for heterogeneity
Beck Depression Inventory Score ≥ 10	1	21	28	75.0 (55.1, 89.3)	–	–
Beck Depression Inventory Score ≥ 16	1	65	145	44.8 (36.6, 53.3)	–	–
Beck Depression Inventory II Score ≥ 11	1	28	41	68.3 (51.9, 81.9)	–	–
Beck Depression Inventory II Score ≥ 14	4	457	920	49.3 (33.2, 65.5)	95.6	<  0.001
10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Score ≥ 10	2	139	268	51.9 (45.9, 57.8)	0	0.426
20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Score ≥ 16	5	1172	1752	60.9 (51.2, 69.8)	91.9	<  0.001
20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Score ≥ 17	1	197	409	48.2 (43.2, 53.1)	–	–
20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Score ≥ 20	1	150	406	36.9 (32.2, 41.8)	–	–
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Score ≥ 8	4	2929	4790	57.6 (36.7, 76.0)	98.6	<  0.001
24-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale Score ≥ 8	1	38	142	26.8 (20.1, 34.6)	–	–
Psychological “Computerized Tomography”4.0 Vision	1	33	180	18.3 (13.0, 24.8)	–	–
9-item Patient Health Questionnaire Score ≥ 5	3	594	862	66.4 (46.9, 81.6)	96.5	<  0.001
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Score ≥ 10	1	149	370	40.3 (35.2, 45.5)	–	–
Structured Clinical Interview for the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders Axis I Disorders	1	22	60	36.7 (24.6, 50.1)	–	–
90-item Symptom Check List Score ≥ 2	7	532	867	57.4 (42.9, 70.7)	93.4	<  0.001
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale Score ≥ 50	10	985	2477	44.8 (36.3, 53.6)	93.8	<  0.001
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale Score ≥ 53	6	512	1107	46.0 (35.0, 57.5)	92.4	<  0.001

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