Screening for depression in children and adolescents in primary care or non-mental health settings : a systematic review update

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BACKGROUND: The transition from childhood to adolescence is associated with an increase in rates of some psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder, a debilitating mood disorder. The aim of this systematic review is to update the evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for depression in primary care and non-mental health clinic settings among children and adolescents.

METHODS: This review is an update of a previous systematic review, for which the last search was conducted in 2017. We searched Ovid MEDLINE® ALL, Embase Classic+Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and CINAHL on November 4, 2019, and updated on February 19, 2021. If no randomized controlled trials were found, we planned to conduct an additional search for non-randomized trials with a comparator group. For non-randomized trials, we applied a non-randomized controlled trial filter and searched the same databases except for Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from January 2015 to February 2021. We also conducted a targeted search of the gray literature for unpublished documents. Title and abstract, and full-text screening were completed independently by pairs of reviewers.

RESULTS: In this review update, we were unable to find any randomized controlled studies that satisfied our eligibility criteria and evaluated the potential benefits and harms of screening for depression in children and adolescents. Additionally, a search for non-randomized trials yielded no studies that met the inclusion criteria.

CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this review indicate a lack of available evidence regarding the potential benefits and harms of screening for depression in children and adolescents. This absence of evidence emphasizes the necessity for well-conducted clinical trials to evaluate the effectiveness of depression screening among children and adolescents in primary care and non-mental health clinic settings.

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42020150373.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Systematic reviews - 13(2024), 1 vom: 31. Jan., Seite 48

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Beck, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Dryburgh, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Bennett, Alexandria [VerfasserIn]
Shaver, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Esmaeilisaraji, Leila [VerfasserIn]
Skidmore, Becky [VerfasserIn]
Patten, Scott [VerfasserIn]
Bragg, Heather [VerfasserIn]
Colman, Ian [VerfasserIn]
Goldfield, Gary S [VerfasserIn]
Nicholls, Stuart Gordon [VerfasserIn]
Pajer, Kathleen [VerfasserIn]
Meeder, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Vasa, Priya [VerfasserIn]
Shea, Beverley J [VerfasserIn]
Brouwers, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Little, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Moher, David [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent
Child
Children
Depression
Journal Article
Review
Screening
Systematic Review
Systematic review
Youth

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Date Completed 01.02.2024

Date Revised 06.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13643-023-02447-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367818515