Review Article
Prevalence of Depression among University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study
Table 1
Feature and characteristic studies included in study.
| Study number/author(s)/no. of reference | Place | Publication year | No. of population | Prevalence (%) | Instrument assessment | Cut point |
| (1) Bahrami Dashtaki [14] | Tehran | 2005 | 100 | — | BDI | 15 | (2) Mohammadian [15] | Tehran | 2010 | 302 | — | BDI | 16 | (3) Alavi [16] | Mashhad | 2011 | 20 | — | BDI | 16 | (4) Hosseini [17] | Kermanshah | 2002 | 162 | 23.5 | BDI | 15 | (5) Bahadori Khosroshahi [18] | Zahedan | 2010 | 200 | — | BDI | 16 | (6) Biani [19] | Tabriz | 2008 | 571 | — | BDI | 16 | (7) Mohammad-Bigi et al. [20] | Arak | 2009 | 304 | 52.3 | BDI | 15 | (8) Amani et al. [21] | Ardabil | 2004 | 324 | 54.7 | BDI | 16 | (9) Dadkhah [22] | Ardabil | 2009 | 409 | 50.8 | BDI | 16 | (10) Pahlavan-Zadeh et al. [23] | Isfahan | 2010 | 50 | 38 | GHQ 28 | 22 | (11) Ranjbar-Kohan and Sajjadi Nejad [24] | Isfahan | 2010 | 40 | — | BDI | 16 | (12) Makvandi et al. [25] | Ahvaz | 2012 | 185 | — | BDI | 17 | (13) Makvandi [26] | Ahvaz | 2010 | 215 | — | BDI | 16 | (14) Ahmadi [27] | Ahvaz | 1995 | 200 | 45 | BDI | 16 | (15) Hasan Zadeh Taheri et al. [28] | Birjand | 2011 | 231 | 12.1 | BDI | 14 | (16) Moghareb et al. [29] | Birjand | 2009 | 400 | 45 | BDI | 16 | (17) Frotani [3] | Lar | 2005 | 134 | 42.5 | BDI | 16 | (18) Najafipour and Yektatalab [30] | Jahrom | 2008 | 150 | 45.4 | BDI | 15 | (19) Ildar Abadi et al. [1] | Zabol | 2002 | 175 | 64.3 | BDI | 16 | (20) Ahmadi-Tehrani et al. [31] | Qom | 2009 | 250 | 62.8 | BDI | 14 | (21) Partoi-Nejad [32] | Qom | 2011 | 600 | 33.3 | GHQ 28 | 22 | (22) Karami [33] | Kashan | 2009 | 208 | 48 | GHQ 28 | 22 | (23) Sooky et al. [34] | Kashan | 2010 | 307 | 35.8 | BDI | 16 | (24) Raenai et al. [35] | Kordestan | 2010 | 400 | 37.5 | BDI | 17 | (25) Eslami et al. [36] | Gorgan | 2002 | 202 | 15.5 | BDI | 16 | (26) Abdollahi et al. [37] | Golestan | 2011 | 132 | — | BDI | 16 | (27) Tavakoli et al. [38] | Gonabad | 2001 | 291 | 13.4 | BDI | 15 | (28) Ghasemi et al. [39] | Mashhad | 2009 | 780 | 28.6 | BDI | 15 | (29) Mohtashami-Poor et al. [40] | Mashhad | 2001 | 264 | 45.3 | BDI | 16 | (30) Abedini et al. [2] | Bandaradas | 2007 | 190 | 30.2 | BDI | 16 | (31) Hashemi et al. [41] | Yasuj | 2003 | 421 | 69.2 | BDI | 16 | (32) Hashemi et al. [42] | Hormozgan | 2004 | 452 | 62 | BDI | 14 | (33) Hashemi and Kamkar [43] | Yasuj | 2001 | 464 | 35.6 | BDI | 17 | (34) Baghiani Moghadam and Ehrampoosh [44] | Yazd | 2006 | 125 | 42.4 | BDI | 16 | (35) Baghiani Moghadam et al. [45] | Yazd | 2011 | 185 | 30 | BDI | 15 |
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