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In an Excel spreadsheet we recorded the results of the searches, including which data format the term was found in, which study arm (investigational drug, active comparator, or placebo) the suicidality event occurred in, whether the term found was a verbatim or coded term, and the medical coding dictionary used in the trial.

Where possible, for each event we extracted the original term reported by the investigator, the term as coded by the medical coding dictionary, medical coding dictionary used, and the patient's trial identification number.

Results Six trials used the medical coding dictionary COSTART (Coding Symbols for a Thesaurus of Adverse Reaction Terms) and three used MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities).

Suicidal ideation and preparatory behaviour were obscured in some tables owing to the lack of specificity of the medical coding dictionary, especially COSTART.

When a verbatim term was reported, one researcher (EM) consulted the medical coding dictionary used in the study and chose the closest matching lowest level term, and then the preferred term that was used in summary tables.

The grouping of similar events is achieved by coding verbatim terms to the most closely matching lowest level term in a hierarchically structured medical coding dictionary (tables 1 and 2).

26 In conclusion, adverse event data in tables in clinical study reports may not accurately represent the underlying patient data owing to medical coding dictionaries and coding conventions used.

These were supplemented with codes from the READ and GPRD medical code dictionaries, giving a set of 202 codes.

A coding dictionary was developed based on the interview guide.

No coding dictionary was prespecified.

Hospitalizations were coded using the MedDRA coding dictionary (version 14.0).