Role of age, gender and marital status in prognosis for adults with depression: An individual patient data meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To determine whether age, gender and marital status are associated with prognosis for adults with depression who sought treatment in primary care.

Methods

Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and Cochrane Central were searched from inception to 1st December 2020 for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of adults seeking treatment for depression from their general practitioners, that used the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule so that there was uniformity in the measurement of clinical prognostic factors, and that reported on age, gender and marital status. Individual participant data were gathered from all nine eligible RCTs (N = 4864). Two-stage random-effects meta-analyses were conducted to ascertain the independent association between: (i) age, (ii) gender and (iii) marital sta

SUBMITTER: Buckman JEJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7610920 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature