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. 2021 Apr 6;9:54. doi: 10.1186/s40359-021-00543-4

Table 2.

Criteria for depression and possible biases in MRR

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