Background
Methods
Selection of studies
Results
Nomenclature
Name | Threshold | Symptom set | Duration |
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Minor depression (Al-Windi, [10]) | Total number of symptoms not exceeding 4 | DSM-IV | 2 weeks |
Minor depression (Vuorilehto et al., [11]) | Two to four depressive symptoms (at least one core symptom) | DSM-IV | 2 weeks |
Subsyndromal depression (Vuorilehto et al., [11]) | Two to four current depression symptoms (at least one core symptom) and fulfilling the criteria of lifetime MDD | DSM-IV | 2 weeks |
Subthreshold depression (Rucci et al., [12]) | Any of the three symptoms (criterion B) plus three or more symptoms (criterion C) | ICD-10 depressive episode | None |
Minor depression (Dubini et al., 2001 [13]) | Two to four depressive symptoms (at least one core symptom) | DSM-IV | 2 weeks |
Subsyndromal symptomatic depression (Forsell, [8]) | Two or more symptoms of depression present most or all the time and social impairment due to them | DSM-III major depressive disorder | 2 weeks |
Nonspecific depressive symptoms (Backenstrass et al., [14]) | Two or more symptoms of depression present more than half the days, must not meet the A criterion (depressed mood or anhedonia) but the C criterion (impairment) has to be answered | DSM-IV major depressive disorder | 2 weeks |
Subsyndromal depression (da Silva Lima et al., [15]) | Not fulfilling the CIDI criteria for major depression | CIDI major depression | None |
Subthreshold depresión (Fergusson et al., [16]) | Depressed mood or loss of interest but having less than five more symptoms or not reporting significant impairment | DSM-IV major depressive disorder | 2 weeks |
Subsyndromal depresión (Goldney et al., [9]) | Two or more depressive symptoms present for all or most of the time but not meeting the criteria for major depression, minor depression or dysthymia | DSM-III-R major depressive disorder | 2 weeks |
Subsyndromal depression (Ayuso-Mateos et al., [17]) | Between one and four depressive symptoms during most of the day and not meeting the criteria for depressive episode or brief episode | ICD-10 | 2 weeks |
Minor depression (Lamers et al., [18]) | Two to four depressive symptoms (at least one core symptom) | DSM-IV | 2 weeks |
Subthreshold depression (Regeer et al., [19]) | Not fulfilling the CIDI criteria for Major Depression | DSM-III-R/IV Major Depressive Disorder | 2 weeks |
Minor depression (Cuijpers et al., [20]) | One of the key symtoms plus at least one other symptom but the total number do not exceed 4. | DSM-III-R | 2 weeks |
Minor depression (De Graaf et al., [4]) | 2 to 4 symptoms including one key symptom | DSM-IV | 2 weeks |
Minor depression (Fils et al., [21]) | Having reported dysphoric mood or anhedonia with significant life interference and at least 2 but no more than 4 depressive symptoms | DSM-IV | 2 weeks |
Minor depression (Jackson et al., 2007 [22]) | Two to four depressive symptoms (at least one core symptom) | DSM-IV | 2 weeks |
Minor depressive disorder (Tamburrino et al., 2009 [23]) | At least 2 (but less than 5) of the symptoms in Criterion A for a major depressive episode. At least one key symptom. | DSM-IV-TR | 2 weeks |
Subclinical depression (Gómez- Restrepo et al., [24]) | Less symptoms and less severity than depression | ICD-10 | - |
Subthreshold depression (Baumeister and Morar, [25]) | MD criteria fulfilled except for the clinical significance criteria | DSM-IV | 2 weeks |
Prevalence
Symptom set | Sample/population | Prevalence |
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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 |