Table 1

Full-text articles excluded with reasons

Excluded studiesReason for exclusion
Gouttebarge et al (2015)18 No non-athlete group comparison
Gulliver et al (2015)19 No non-athlete group comparison
Guskiewicz et al (2007)20 No non-athlete group comparison
Hammond et al (2013)21 No non-athlete group comparison
Hart et al (2013)2 2 No non-athlete group comparison
Kerr et al (2012)23 No non-athlete group comparison
Leddy et al (1994)24 No non-athlete group comparison
Appaneal et al (2009)25 No non-athlete group comparison
Nixdorf et al (2013)26 No non-athlete group comparison
Nixdorf et al (2016)27 No non-athlete group comparison
Schaal et al (2011)28 No non-athlete group comparison
Strain et al (2013)29 No non-athlete group comparison
Weigand et al (2013)30 No non-athlete group comparison
Wippert and Wippert (2010)6 No non-athlete group comparison
Yang et al (2007)31 No non-athlete group comparison
Armstrong and Oomen-Early (2009)32 No prevalence of depressive symptoms
Backmand et al (2005)33 No prevalence of depressive symptoms
Gerber et al (2011)34 No prevalence of depressive symptoms
Mohammadi et al (2012)35 No prevalence of depressive symptoms
Brettschneider (1999)36 No depressive symptoms measure