A number of studies investigated the use of multi-criteria approach [11 13] in order to incorporate additional contextual information (criteria) such as time, gender, age, etc.
Additional information about eligibility criteria and the event itself is found below.
MDS within the past 12 months is defined as at least five of the nine symptoms present most of the days for a minimum of two weeks, including depressed mood or lack of interest present most of the time of the day, disregarding additional information on exclusion criteria such as medication or substance use or bereavement, which is used in the definition of MDD [ 3].
The interviewers also had frequent contacts with the investigating team (verification of inclusion criteria, additional information requests).
In conclusion, disease-specific HRQL instruments can bring additional information to the classical criteria for evaluating clinical outcomes and should be part of studies evaluating health policy and treatment strategies [ 44].
Additional information on Methods (inclusion/exclusion criteria, definition of proven and probable IFI, further details on statistical analyses) and Results (reasons for exclusion, GvHD and T-cell depletion, TSQM, reasons for study discontinuation).
The critical evaluation of published data and comparison of different studies always require additional information, e.g. the criteria used in the selection of homes (at random or complaint cases), the type of sampling (active or passive), sampling time, and so on.
The primary author abstracted additional information on study funding, eligibility criteria, patient demographics and treatment characteristics.
Online supplement is provided for additional information about inclusion and exclusion criteria [Additional File 1: Figure S2].
