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ArticleSystematic reviews2021

Screening for depression in children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review update.

Andrew Beck, John C LeBlanc, Kate Morissette, Candyce Hamel, Becky Skidmore, Heather Colquhoun, Eddy Lang, Ainsley Moore, John J Riva, Brett D Thombs and 15 more

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Article in Systematic reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023
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  20. Diagnosis and management of depression in adolescents.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 12 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew BeckKnowledge Synthesis Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada. andrew.beck@uottawa.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-8308-2202
John C LeBlancDepartment of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Kate MorissettePublic Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Candyce HamelKnowledge Synthesis Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Becky SkidmoreKnowledge Synthesis Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Heather ColquhounDepartment of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Eddy LangUniversity of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Ainsley MooreDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
John J RivaDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Brett D ThombsLady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Scott PattenDepartment of Community Health Services and Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Heather BraggChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Ian ColmanSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Gary S GoldfieldChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Stuart Gordon NichollsOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Kathleen PajerDepartment of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Beth K PotterSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Robert MeederWaypoint Centre For Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, ON, Canada.
Priya VasaDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Brian HuttonKnowledge Synthesis Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Beverley J SheaKnowledge Synthesis Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Eva GrahamPublic Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Julian LittleSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
David MoherKnowledge Synthesis Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Adrienne StevensKnowledge Synthesis Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Ottawa Hospital · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CAChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario · CAImpact · CAPublic Health Agency of Canada · CAAlberta Health Services · CADalhousie University · CAJewish General Hospital · CASt. Michael's Hospital · CAUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAWaypoint Centre for Mental Health Care · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMajor depressive disorder is common, debilitating, and affects feelings, thoughts, mood, and behaviors. Childhood and adolescence are critical periods for the development of depression and adolescence is marked by an increased incidence of mental health disorders. This protocol outlines the planned scope and methods for a systematic review update that will evaluate the benefits and harms of screening for depression in children and adolescents.

methodsThis review will update a previously published systematic review by Roseman and colleagues. Eligible studies are randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing formal screening in primary care to identify children or adolescents not already self-reporting symptoms of, diagnosed with, or treated for depression. If no or only a single RCT is available, we will consider controlled studies without random assignment. Studies of participants with characteristics associated with an elevated risk of depression will be analyzed separately. Outcomes of interest are symptoms of depression, classification of major depressive disorder based on a validated diagnostic interview, suicidality, health-related quality of life, social function, impact on lifestyle behavior (e.g., substance use, school performance, lost time at work, or school), false-positive results, overdiagnosis, overtreatment, labeling, and other harms such as those arising from treatment. We will search MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, and grey literature sources. Two reviewers will independently screen the titles and abstracts using the liberal accelerated method. Full-text screening will be performed independently by two reviewers using pre-specified eligibility criteria. Data extraction and risk of bias assessments will be performed independently by two reviewers. Pre-planned analyses, including subgroup and sensitivity analyses, are detailed within this protocol. Two independent reviewers will assess and finalize through consensus the certainty of evidence using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach, and prepare GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables for each outcome of interest. DISCUSSION: The systematic review will provide a current state of the evidence of benefits and harms of depression screening in children and adolescents. These findings will be used by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care to inform the development of recommendations on depression screening. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42020150373.

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PMID33436094
PMCPMC7802305
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