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Table 2 Risk of Bias Assessment of all the studies (N = 29)

From: Stigma for common mental disorders in racial minorities and majorities a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Type of Studies

Analyses

Confound

Data collection

Select Bias

Study Design

RoBa

Adewuya, 2008 [31]

Self-report

Low

High

Low

Low

High

High

Ahn 2015 [32]

Self-report

Low

High

Low

Low

High

High

Anglin 2006 [18]

Vignette

Low

Low

High

Low

Low

High

Aznar-Lou 2016 [33]

Self-report

Low

Low

Low

High

Low

Moderate

Brown 2010 [19]

Self-report

High

Low

High

Low

Low

High

Caplan 2011 [22]

Self-report

Low

High

High

High

High

High

Cheng 2015 [15]

Vignette

Low

Low

Unclear

Low

Low

Moderate

Conner 2010 [34]

Self-report

Low

High

Low

Low

Low

Moderate

Conner 2009 [18]

Self-report

Low

High

Low

High

Low

High

Copelj 2011 [35]

Self-report

Low

High

High

High

Low

High

Eisenberg 2009 [36]

Self-report

Low

Low

Low

High

Low

Moderate

Fogel 2005 [16]

Self-report

Low

High

High

Low

Low

High

Georg Hsu 2008 [17]

Vignette

Unclear

High

High

High

High

High

Givens 2007 [21]

Self-report

High

High

Low

High

Low

High

Hickie 2007 [37]

Self-report

Low

High

High

High

Low

High

Jimenez 2012 [23]

Self-report

Low

Low

High

Unclear

Low

Moderate

Makowski 2017 [11]

Self-report

Low

Low

High

Low

Low

Moderate

Menke 2009 [38]

Self-report

Low

High

Low

High

High

High

Mokkarala 2016 [39]

Self-report

Low

High

High

Low

Low

High

Nadeem 2007 [8]

Self-report

Low

Low

High

High

Low

High

O’Mahen 2011 [40]

Self-report

Low

Low

Unclear

High

High

High

Papadopoulos 2002 [41]

Self-report

Low

High

Unclear

High

High

High

Picco 2016 [42]

Self-report

Low

Low

Low

High

High

High

Rao 2007 [43]

Vignette

Unclear

Low

Low

High

Low

High

Rüsh 2012 [44]

Self-report

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Schafer 2011 [45]

Self-report

High

High

Low

High

High

Low

Shamblaw 2015 [46]

Self-report

Low

High

Low

High

High

High

Subramaniam 2017 [23]

Vignette

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Wang 2013 [47]

Vignette

Low

High

High

High

High

High

  1. Low Low risk of bias, High High risk of bias, Unclear reviewers were not able to reach consensus due to lack of information; an this column, high refers to the high risk of bias (studies which scored high risk of bias in 3 or more of the assessment domains); moderate refers to the moderate risk of bias (studies which scored high risk of bias in 2 of the assessment domains) and low refers to the low risk of bias (studies which scored high risk of bias in 1 of the assessment domains); RoB Risk of Bias Assessment