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SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2021

Prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder Among Adults in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Yan-Jie Zhao, Yu Jin, Wen-Wang Rao, Qing-E Zhang, Ling Zhang, Todd Jackson, Zhao-Hui Su, Mi Xiang, Zhen Yuan, Yu-Tao Xiang

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Yan-Jie ZhaoUnit of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Yu JinCollege of Education for the Future, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
Wen-Wang RaoUnit of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Qing-E ZhangThe National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, The Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Ling ZhangThe National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, The Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Todd JacksonDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Zhao-Hui SuCenter on Smart and Connected Health Technologies, Mays Cancer Center, School of Nursing, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Mi XiangSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Zhen YuanUnit of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Yu-Tao XiangUnit of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
University of Macau · MOBeijing Anding Hospital · CNBeijing Normal University · CNCapital Medical University · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNThe University of Texas Health Science Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Chinesedepressionepidemiologymeta-analysisprevalence

Identifiers

PMID34168579
PMCPMC8219051
OpenAlexW3167116376

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