| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Abedimanesh 2017 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| ACHD‐CARE 2015 | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| ACTonHEART 2014 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Beating Heart Problems 2014 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Black 1998 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. The study investigated psychologically distressed patients (depression was not explicitly assessed). |
| Boese 2013 | Intervention not specifically a psychological or pharmacological treatment for depression. Intervention not delivered by a trained professional ("Peer counselor with CAD trained in attentive listening and sharing experiences"). |
| BraveHeart 2013 | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| Bucknall 1988 | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| BY.PASS Study 2013 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| CADENCE 2016 | Study investigated collaborative interventions for depression treatment versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Carney 2012 | Study investigated collaborative interventions for depression treatment versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Carney 2019 | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| CHAMPS 2016 | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| Chang 2020 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Child 2010 | The psychological intervention was not allocated as part of an RCT. |
| CHIP 2011 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Chung 2010 | Intervention not specifically a psychological or pharmacological treatment for depression (home‐based deep breathing). |
| CODIACS 2013 | Study investigated patient‐preference, stepped‐care depression treatment versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| COINCIDE 2012 | Study investigated collaborative interventions for depression treatment versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| COPES 2010 | Study investigated patient‐preference, stepped‐care depression treatment (including no treatment, problem‐solving therapy and/or pharmacotherapy) versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Doering 2013 | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| ENHANCED 2016 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Fu 2006 | Control group unclear (treatment with "Shierkang tablets") |
| Giltay 2011 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| González‐Jaimes 2003 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. The study investigated patients with acute myocardial infarction and adjustment disorder with depressed mood (DSM‐IV: 309.0), but not depression. |
| Haberka 2013 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Haybar 2018 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Huffman 2011 | Study investigated collaborative care versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| I‐CARE 2018 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| InterHerz 2012 | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| Jang 2018 | Intervention not specifically a psychological or pharmacological treatment for depression (mindfulness‐based art therapy). |
| Kachkovskii 2006 | Control group unclear |
| Keeping‐Burke 2013 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Li 2014 | Study compared pharmacological treatment versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Li 2020 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Liang 2019 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Lin 2014 | Study investigated collaborative care versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Lv 2016 | Study compared a combination of psychotherapy and pharmacological interventions (CBT, escitalopram, and alprazolam) versus a combination of pharmacological interventions (escitalopram and alprazolam), which was not a predefined comparator of this review. |
| Ma 2010 | Control group unclear |
| Malik 2002 | The pharmacological intervention was not allocated as part of an RCT. |
| Mazereeuw 2016 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| MindfulHeart 2014 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Mohapatra 2005 | Study compared pharmacological treatment versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| MOSAIC 2013 | Study investigated collaborative care versus enhanced usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| MOTIV‐CABG 2013 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Nikrahan 2019 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Norris 2009 | Intervention not specifically a psychological or pharmacological treatment for depression. The study investigated the effectiveness of providing follow‐up information regarding mental health services to depressed patients after cardiac catheterisation. |
| Oldridge 1991 | Intervention not specifically a psychological or pharmacological treatment for depression (cardiac rehabilitation). |
| Oranta 2010 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| O’Doherty 2015 | Not a randomised trial; allocation to intervention or wait‐list control group was not by randomisation |
| Park 2013 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| PATHWAY Group MCT | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| PATHWAY Home MCT | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| Pogosova 2004 | Study compared pharmacological treatment versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Pogosova 2009 | Study compared pharmacological treatment versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Rakowska 2015 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Rollman 2009 | Study investigated telephone‐delivered collaborative care versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Schneider 2020 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. Quote: "The inclusion of people below clinical thresholds of depression and/or general anxiety may have weakened the results and limited generalizability among clinical settings" |
| Schrader 2005 | Study investigated the effectiveness of different forms of communication between hospital psychiatric services and general practitioners of depressed cardiac patients; sample of heart disease patients not restricted to CAD. |
| Sogolitappeh 2009 | The psychological intervention was not allocated as part of an RCT. |
| Soucy 2019 | Study investigated behavioural activation for depression versus physical activity, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| STEP‐IN‐AMI‐2013 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| Stern 1983 | Study compared counselling versus exercise therapy, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Strokova 2012 | Study compared pharmacological treatment versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| SU.FOL.OM3 2012 | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| SUPRIM 2011 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| TAKE Heart 2010 | Intervention not specifically a psychological or pharmacological treatment for depression. |
| TEAMcare 2010 | Study investigated a collaborative intervention for depression versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Tsai 2012 | Study included participants without comorbid depression. |
| UPBEAT‐UK 2014 | Intervention consisted of collaborative care (case management, information provision and referral to other health professionals via the Improving Access to Psychological Therapy programme, and behaviour change techniques), which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
| Vasiuk 2010 | The pharmacological intervention was not allocated as part of an RCT. |
| Veith 1982 | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| WELL.ME 2012 | Study investigated a sample of heart disease patients that was not restricted to CAD. |
| Zeng 2001 | Study compared pharmacological treatment versus usual care, which was not a predefined comparison of this review. |
CAD: coronary artery disease CBT: cognitive‐behavioural therapy DSM‐IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition RCT: randomised controlled trial