Table 4 Characteristics of studies included in a systematic review of reviews for assessing the effect of prenatal depression on birth outcomes (N = 6)
Author, year | Geographic coverage of the review | Prominent tools used | Database searched | Number of studies and number of participants | Quality assessment tool used | Main findings relevant to our review | AMSTAR score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PTB | LBW | |||||||
Ascort et al. 2014 Included studies conducted in the year from 1977 to 2013 | USA, Europe, Asia | CES-D (19 studies) | PubMed and PsycINFO | - PTB = 50 studies with Sample size of 286,043 - LBW = 33 studies with sample size of 43,534 | NOS | - Taking into account the methodological quality of studies, research on depression and PTB/GA is inconclusive at best - Is a systematic review as pooling was not conducted | - It was found that about more than half (53%) of published LBW findings reported statistically significant associations with prenatal depression and low birth weight - Was a systematic review as pooling was not conducted | 8 |
Araujo et al. 2010 Included studies conducted in the year from 1996 to 2007 | United States, Norway, Canada, Denmark, India, England, United Kingdom | Not found | PubMed, SciELO, and ISIWEB u | 10 studies with sample size of 231,201 | Downs & Black quality assessment check list | Â | Depression during pregnancy was associated with low birth weight in seven studies - Was a systematic review as pooling was not conducted | 5 |
Grigoriadis S et al. 2013 Included studies conducted in the year from 1992 to 2010 | most of the studies were in USA while few share Australia, China, Europe | CES-D at different cut of value in 11 studies | MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Scopes and PsycINFO | - PTB = 15 studies with sample size of 23,754 - LBW = 6 studies with sample size of 14,090 | Systematic Assessment of Quality in Observational Research (SAQOR) and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale | - Preterm birth (PAOR = 1.37; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.81) - I2 = 61% - No evidence of publication bias | - Low - birth weight was not significantly associated with prenatal depression (POR = 1.21; 95% CI, 0.91 to 1.60) - I2 = 0.0% - No evidence of publication bias | 10 |
Grote K et al. 2010 Included studies conducted in the year from 1980 - 2009 | most of the studies were from USA while the rest are from Europe, Asia, Brazil | CES-D in 10 studies | MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, social work abstracts, social services abstracts, and dissertation Abstracts international databases | - PTB = 20 studies with sample of 29,295 - LBW = 11 studies with sample size of 13,544 | Developed by modifying the instrument by Downs and Black | - Preterm birth is associated with depression during pregnancy PRR = 1.39 [1.19–1.61] - The association between antenatal depression and risk of PB was found to be higher in among women of lower socio-economic status in the United States. - I2 = 61% - Publication bias checked and corrected | - Low Birth Weight was associated with depression during pregnancy PRR = 1.49 [1.25–1.77] - The association between antenatal depression and risk of LBW was found to be higher in developing countries as compared to USA (RR = 2.05; 95% CI, 1.43–2.93) - I2 = 70% - Publication bias checked and corrected | 7 |
Jarde A et al. 2016 Included studies conducted in the year from 1992 to 2015 | most of the studies were from USA and other developed countries | DSM-IV (nine studies and CES-D (six studies) | MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, cumulative index to nursing and allied health, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science. | - PTB = 14 studies - LBW = 8 studies with sample size of 25,663 | Newcastle-Ottawa Scale | Antenatal depression was associated with an increased risks of preterm birth (odds ratio [OR], 1.56; 95% CI, 1.25–1.94) - I2 = 39% | Antenatal depression was associated with an increased risk of low birth weight (OR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.24–3.10) - I2 = 48% | 10 |
Staneva A et al. 2015 Included studies conducted in the year from 1992 to 2015 | The majority of studies (27) were from the USA, the remaining are from Europe, Brazil (2), Canada (1), UK (1), Norway (1), and China (1) | CES-D in six studies | MEDLINE, CINHAL, PsycInfo, and Cochrane databases and manual searches were performed through reference list of included studies | - 14 studies investigated the association between antenatal depression and PTB - Sample size not clear | checklist developed by a knowledge synthesis group for the specific purpose of review of the evidence relating to determinants of preterm birth and low birth weight | - Preterm birth was independently and significantly predicted by antenatal depression - Was a systematic review as pooling was not conducted | Â | 7 |