Research Article

Analysing Psychosocial Difficulties in Depression: A Content Comparison between Systematic Literature Review and Patient Perspective

Table 3

Ranking of the main psychosocial difficulties according to literature and patient reports.

Literature review (number of studies) [ICF code]Focus group
(number of times the PSDs were a topic)
ICF code
Individual interviews
(number of people) [ICF code]

(1) Emotional functions (62) [b152]
(2) Pain (20) [b280–b289]
(3) Energy and drive (18) [b130, b640]
(4) Cognitive functions (17) [b140–b189, b117]
(5) Employment (13) [d845–d859]
(6) Relationship with others (13) [d7]
(7) Self-care (12) [d5]
(8) Sleep (11) [b134]
(9) Temperament and personality functions (10) [b126]
(10) Perception and experience of social support (7) [pf]
(11) Participation in social activities (6) [d920]
(12) Self-perception (6) [pf]
(13) Psychopathological symptoms (5) [b160, b147, b152, b130]
(14) Mobility (5) [d4]
(15) Locus of control (4) [pf]
(16) Psychomotor functions (4) [b147]
(17) Driving (3) [d475]
(18) Perception and experience of stigma (3) [pf]
(19) Self-efficacy (3) [pf]
(20) Coping strategies (3*) [pf]
(1) Emotional functions (49) [b152]
(2) Cognitive functions (11) [b140–b189, b117]
(3) Employment (11) [d845–d859]
(4) Perception and experience of social support (9) [pf]
(5) Self-perception (9) [pf]
(6) Energy and drive (8) [b130, b640]
(7) Communication with others (7) [d350]
(8) Participating in social activities (6) [d920]
(9) Relationship with others (6) [d7]
(10) Coping strategies (5) [pf]
(11) Psychopathological symptoms (4) [b160, b147, b152, b130]
(12) Self-care (4) [d5]
(13) Carrying out daily activities (3) [d230]
(14) Perception and experience of stigma (3) [pf]
(15) Sleep (3) [b134]
(1) Emotional functions (52) [b152]
(2) Energy and drive (31) [b130, b640]
(3) Relationship with others (24) [d7]
(4) Cognitive functions (23) [b140–b189, b117]
(5) Carrying out daily routine (10) [d230]
(6) Self-perception (8) [pf]
(7) Pain (7) [b280–b289]
(8) Employment (6) [d845–d859]
(9) Participating in social activities (5) [d920]
(10) Sleep (5) [b134]
(11) Weight maintenance functions (5) [b530]
(12) Mobility (5) [d4]
(13) Doing housework (3) [d640, d630]

Only PSDs addressed more than three times in the literature or mentioned more than three times by the participants in the focus group and the individual interviews are shown here.