Comparison of BDI-II Somatic Symptom Item Scores for Female Patients Versus Male Patients.

<p>BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II.</p>1<p>Definition of somatic scores in text.</p>2<p>Statistically significant based on Hochberg's Sequential Method.</p

Comparison of BDI-II Somatic Symptom Scores for Female Patients Versus Male Patients.

<p>BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II.</p>1<p>Definitions of cognitive/affective and somatic scores in text.</p

Characteristics of studies.

<p><u>CBT</u> –Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; <u>TAU</u> – Treatment As Usual; <u>SD</u> – Standard deviation; <u>NR</u> – Not reported; <u>BDI–II</u> – Beck Depression Inventory-II; <u>HRSD</u> – Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; <u>HADS</u> – Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; <u>BSI</u> – Bradford Somatic Inventory.</p

CBT details from studies.

<p><u>CBT</u> –Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.</p

Flow chart of study eligibility.

<p>Flow chart of study eligibility.</p

Risk of Bias within studies.

<p>‘+’ denotes low risk of bias, and ‘−’ represents high risk of bias.</p