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Table 2 Prevalences and settings

From: Definitions and factors associated with subthreshold depressive conditions: a systematic review

Symptom set

Sample/population

Prevalence

Minor depression (Al-Windi, [10])

Primary care

12.1%

Subthreshold depression (Rucci et al., [12])

Primary care

9.9%

Minor depression (Dubini et al., 2001 [13])

Community

2.9%

  

15.9%

Minor depressive disorder (Tamburrino et al., 2009 [23])

Primary care

 

Subsyndromal symptomatic depression (Forsell, [8])

Community

5% (wave 1) 5.5% (wave 2)

Nonspecific depressive symptoms (Backenstrass et al., [14])

Primary care

9.1%

Minor depression (Vuorilehto et al., [11])

Primary care

1.3%

Subsyndromal depression (Vuorilehto et al., [11])

Primary care

2.9%

Minor depression (De Graaf et al., [4])

Community

3%

Subsyndromal depression (Da Silva Lima et al., 2007 [15])

Primary care

6.2%

Subthreshold depression (Fergusson et al., [16])

Community

7.3%

Subsyndromal depression (Goldney et al., [9])

Community

12.9%

Subsyndromal depression (Ayuso-Mateos et al., [17])

Community

2.8%

Minor depression (Cuijpers et al., [20])

Community

6.1%

Subthreshold depression (Regeer et al., [19])

Community

17.2% at baseline

Minor depression (Lamers et al., [18])

Community

2.8%

Minor depression (Fils et al., [21])

Primary care

17%

Subclinical depression (Gómez- Restrepo et al., [24])

Community

1.4%

Minor depression (Jackson et al., 2007 [22])

Primary care

10.4%

Subthreshold depression (Baumeister and Morar, [25])

Community

0.7% clinical significance criteria 1.8% symptom count