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