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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in the systematic review and meta-analysis of post-aborted depression

From: Global prevalence of post-abortion depression: systematic review and Meta-analysis

Author/year

Country

Setting

Design

Sample size

Prevalence

Measurement scale

Quality

A.A Boersma/2014 [34]

Netherland

Institutional

Cohort

92

30%

CES-D

Low-risk

Akdag Topal/2019 [44]

Turkish

Institutional

Cross-sectional

60

85%

HADS

Low-risk

Angela J Taft/2008 [30]

Australia

Community

Cohort

1076

30%

CES-D

Low-risk

Asma Sa’d Basha et.al/2020

[35]

Jordan

Institutional

Cross-sectional

200

22.5%

PHQ-9

Low-risk

F.Hanschmidt et.al/2017 [37]

Germany

Institutional

Cross-sectional

148

10.8%

PHQ-9

Low-risk

Bujar Obertina et.al/2016 [36]

Kosovo

Institutional

Cross-sectional

122

27.8%

EPDS

Low-risk

Farnoosh Moafi/2018 [38]

Iran

Institutional

Cross-sectional

185

54%

EPDS

Low-risk

Kolte et.al/2014

[39]

Danish

Institutional

Cross-sectional

301

8.6%

SDS

Low-risk

Kukulskiene/ 2016 [40]

Lithuania

Institutional

Cross-sectional

839

59.1%

EPDS

Low-risk

L.Gao et.al/2019 [32]

China

Institutional

Cross-sectional

278

37%

EPDS

Low-risk

L.Jacob et.al/2017 [41]

Germany

Institutional

Cohort

12,158

8.9%

NR

Low-risk

Zhang et.al/2021 [33]

China

Institutional

Cross-sectional

253

22.5%

PHQ-9

Low-risk

Wang et.al/2021 [42]

China

Institutional

Case-control

1132

48.6%

SDS

Low-risk

Azin et.al/2020

[43]

Iran

Institutional

Cross-sectional

130

40.8%

Beck’s scale

Low-risk

Mutiso et.al/2018 [31]

Kenya

Institutional

Cross-sectional

182

8.6%

EPDS

Low-risk