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Global Burden of Disease 2017 estimates for Major Depressive Disorder: a critical appraisal of the epidemiological evidence.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Interplay of depressive symptoms and clinical oral health conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Brazilian oral research · 2026Pooled it
- Global and regional burden of major depressive disorder and associated risk factors: analysis from the Global Burden of disease study, 1990-2021.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Depression prevalence estimates in Spain (1995-2021): a systematic review.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Review
- Global Burden Disease Estimates for Major Depressive Disorders (MDD): A review of diagnostic instruments used in studies of prevalence.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Intracranial Directed Connectivity Links Subregions of the Prefrontal Cortex to Major Depression.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- "Reducing the Treatment Gap" Poses Human Rights Risks.Health and human rights · 2024Article
- Protocol for a nested case-control study: identifying neuroimaging biomarkers for the progression of subclinical depression and qi-stagnation constitution to major depressive disorder in adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Industry influence on mental health research: depression as a case example.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objectives: To critically appraise the quality of the studies underpinning the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 estimates for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with respect to i) the GBD 2017 inclusion criteria and ii) population coverage. Design: Systematic critical appraisal. Setting: Not applicable. Participants: Not applicable. Main outcome measures: Each study was critically appraised with respect to the four GBD 2017 inclusion criteria: representativeness, study method and sample, diagnostic criteria and publication from 1980 onwards. Population coverage was calculated. Results: Less than half of studies (221/467, 47.3%) were nationally representative. Only 262/467 (56.1%) of studies reported specifically on MDD and more than a third did not use DSM or ICD diagnostic criteria: 94/467 (20.1%) did not specify any diagnostic criteria and 68/467 (14.6%) relied on self-reported depression for diagnosis. Only 62/467 (13.3%) of studies were conducted during the period 2011-2017. Only 107/195 (54.9%) of countries had one or more prevalence studies. Conclusions: GBD 2017 estimates for MDD are based on incomplete country and population coverage. The inclusion of studies with non-representative populations, that do not use diagnostic criteria and the lack of specific data on MDD reduces the reliability of estimates and limits their value for policy making.
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