Table A18:
No. of Studies (Design) | Risk of Bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Publication Bias | Upgrade Considerations | Quality |
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Remission Based on 17-Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale | |||||||
1 (RCT) | Very serious limitations (−;2)a | No serious limitations | No serious limitations | Serious limitations (−;1)b | Undetected | Nonec | ⊕ Very Low |
Abbreviations: GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation; RCT, randomized controlled trial.
See Risk of Bias Table A5.
Sample size was small and unlikely to meet optimal information size for this outcome.
Effect size was large; however, we did not upgrade the evidence because data were from a single study with other serious limitations.