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Record W4408537569 · doi:10.1177/07067437251322401

Incidence of Major Depressive Disorder Relapse and Effectiveness of Pharmacologic and Psychological Interventions in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Incidence de la rechute du trouble dépressif majeur et efficacité des interventions pharmacologiques et psychologiques en soins primaires : revue systématique et méta-analyse

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Waseem Abu-Ashour, Stephanie Delaney, Alison Farrell, John‐Michael Gamble, John Hawboldt, Joanna E. M. Sale

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Canadian Journal of Psychiatry · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicTreatment of Major Depression
Canadian institutionsUniversity of TorontoUniversity of WaterlooSt. Michael's HospitalSt. John’s Health Sciences CentreHealth Sciences CentreMemorial University of Newfoundland
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMajor depressive disorderMedicineMeta-analysisPharmacotherapyCochrane LibraryPsychological interventionPsycINFOPsychiatryMEDLINEIncidence (geometry)Randomized controlled trialOdds ratioInternal medicineMood

Abstract

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ObjectiveThis research aims to investigate the relapse rates of major depressive disorder (MDD) within primary care and evaluate the efficacy of relapse prevention therapies. Despite primary care being the common point of contact for MDD patients, there are limited studies around this.MethodsWe included randomized controlled trials and observational studies examining MDD relapse incidence and the effect of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in preventing relapse in primary care. Databases; Medline via Ovid, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library, PsycInfo (ebsco), and Clinical Trials.gov were searched from their inception until September 7, 2022. Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) appraisal instrument for methodological quality assessment was used. A proportional data analysis estimated the MDD relapse incidence. Therapy effectiveness results were shown as odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals, with heterogeneity explored via subgroup analysis.ResultsOut of the reviewed studies, 35 met the eligibility criteria. Quality appraisal scores varied between 73% and 96%. MDD relapse incidence was divided into subgroups, revealing that both pharmacotherapy and non-pharmacotherapy led to a similar decrease in relapse rates with combination therapies showing further reduction in relapse. Subgroup analyses by study design, follow-up length, date of study and quality of study also yielded noteworthy findings.ConclusionOur findings showed that MDD relapse rates in primary care settings can be effectively reduced by pharmacotherapy, non-pharmacotherapy, or combination therapy. Some psychological interventions might also reduce relapse likelihood. More studies are needed on individual and combined treatments over longer periods to understand their long-term impacts on MDD relapse in primary care.Plain Language Summary TitleHow Often Depression Returns and How Well Treatments Work in Primary Care: A Review of Studies.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.026
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.047
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Meta-analysis · Consensus signal: Meta-analysis
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.029
Threshold uncertainty score0.137

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0260.047
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0030.002
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0290.057
Bibliometrics0.0100.008
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0050.002
Open science0.0030.002
Research integrity0.0030.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.075
GPT teacher head0.440
Teacher spread0.365 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designMeta-analysis
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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