Yang 2002.

Study characteristics
Methods	Parallel group Aim: to study effects of antidepressant in treatment of people with post‐stroke depression
Participants	Country: China Setting: inpatients and outpatients Stroke criteria: recovery phase of stroke (2 to 6 months after ischaemic stroke, and 1.5 to 6 months after haemorrhagic stroke). We included this in the 3 to 6 month group. Clinical diagnosis of stroke (not stated whether confirmation by imaging was needed) Depression: HAMD > 7 Treatment: 64 people, mean age 64 ± 3 years, 40 men Control: 57 people, mean age 63 ± 5 years, 32 men
Interventions	Treatment: paroxetine 20 mg daily plus stroke treatment and rehabilitation Control: stroke treatment and rehabilitation Duration of treatment: 4 months Duration of follow‐up: 0
Outcomes	Death They collected data on HAMD and CSS but did not report these data ADL score: did not state which one, so not used AEs not reported
Funding source	Source of funding not reported
Notes	−
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Method not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	No placebo
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not described
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	High risk	11/121 (9%) dropouts
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	High risk	No protocol. The paper stated that ADL data and depression data were collected, but these data were not reported
Other bias	Low risk	No baseline differences between groups, no other obvious source of bias