Study	Reason for exclusion
Aben 2014	Depression is not the primary outcome of the study
Agnoli 1985	Unable to isolate data for participants with stroke only
Bramanti 1989	Results not available in suitable format for the review
Casella 1960	Depression is not the primary outcome of the study
Choi‐Kwon 2006	Unable to isolate outcome data for non‐ depressed participants at randomisation
Downes 1995	Unable to isolate outcome data for non‐ depressed participants at randomisation
F.X. 1976	Unable to isolate participants with stroke only
Friedland 1992	Results not available in suitable format for the review
Graffingo 2003	Results not available
Hadidi 2014	Unable to isolate outcome data for non‐ depressed participants at randomisation
Ijzerman 2005	Depression is not the primary outcome of this study
Isenberg 2000	Results not available
Kim 2017	Unable to isolate outcome data for non‐depressed participants at randomisation
Kim 2017a	Participants were depressed at baseline
Laska 2005	Depression is not the primary outcome of this study
Latow 1983	Results not available
Leathley 2003	Results not available in format suitable for this review
Leijon 1989	Depression is not the primary outcome of this study
Lobjanidze 2010	Depression is not the primary outcome of this study
Martucci 1986	Unable to isolate data for participants with stroke only
McCafferty 2000	Results not available
Ohtomo 1985	Results not available
Ostwald 2006	No usual care comparison
Ostwald 2014	Unable to isolate outcome data for non‐ depressed participants at randomisation
Otomo 1986	Unclear if depression is the primary outcome of the study
Poppitt 2009	Intervention did not meet review criteria
Raffaele 1996	Unable to isolate outcome data for non‐ depressed participants at randomisation
Sasaki 2017	Depression is not the primary outcome of this study
Sivenius 2001	Depression is not the primary outcome of this study
Walker‐Batson 1995	Depression is not the primary outcome of this study
Yamamoto 1999	Unclear if depression is the primary outcome of the study