Report for: Antidepressants versus placebo for depression in primary care

Title	Antidepressants versus placebo for depression in primary care
Published in	Cochrane database of systematic reviews, July 2009
DOI	10.1002/14651858.cd007954
Pubmed ID	19588448
Authors	Bruce Arroll, C Raina Elley, Tana Fishman, Felicity A Goodyear-Smith, Tim Kenealy, Grant Blashki, Ngaire Kerse, Stephen MacGillivray
Abstract	Concern has been expressed about the relevance of secondary care studies to primary care patients specifically about the effectiveness of antidepressant medication. There is a need to review the evidence of only those studies that have been conducted comparing antidepressant efficacy with placebo in primary care-based samples.

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Country	Count	As %
United Kingdom	12	26%
United States	5	11%
Chile	2	4%
Finland	2	4%
Spain	2	4%
Brazil	1	2%
Belgium	1	2%
Denmark	1	2%
India	1	2%
Other	2	4%
Unknown	18	38%

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Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	27	57%
Scientists	11	23%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	4	9%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	3	6%
Unknown	2	4%

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Country	Count	As %
United Kingdom	6	1%
Canada	3	<1%
Colombia	1	<1%
Hong Kong	1	<1%
Netherlands	1	<1%
Spain	1	<1%
United States	1	<1%
Unknown	393	97%

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Bachelor	69	17%
Student > Master	52	13%
Researcher	42	10%
Student > Ph. D. Student	37	9%
Other	29	7%
Other	92	23%
Unknown	86	21%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Medicine and Dentistry	138	34%
Psychology	48	12%
Neuroscience	21	5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	19	5%
Nursing and Health Professions	18	4%
Other	63	15%
Unknown	100	25%

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Antidepressants versus placebo for depression in primary care

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