From: Prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among refugees: a meta-analysis
Author and year of publication | Selection bias | Rating | Study design | Rating | Data collection method | Rating | Rating total |
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Akinyemi et al. (2015) [15] | random selection | moderate | cross-sectional, cluster sampling | strong | Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) (In the past month did you think that you would be better off dead or wish you were dead?; In the past have you thought about killing yourself?), last month | strong | moderate |
Alley (1982) | random selection | moderate | statewide survey, cross-sectional | moderate | - | weak | moderate |
Bhui et al. (2003) [30] | random selection | strong | cross-sectional | strong | Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) (I don't have any thoughts of killing myself.(0), I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would not carry them out. (1), I would like to kill myself. (2), I would kill myself if I had the chance. (3)), last two weeks | strong | strong |
Cochran et al. (2013) [31] | random selection | moderate | cross-sectional | strong | Interview, “[…] asked if they had ever expressed suicidal ideation (i.e., ever thought seriously about committing suicide in their lifetimes)”, lifetime and last month | moderate | moderate |
Falb et al. (2013) [32] | random selection | strong | survey, cross-sectional | strong | non-standardized interview following guidelines of the Reproductive Health Toolkit for Conflict-Affected Women, last month | moderate | strong |
Führer et al. (2016) [17] | random selection | moderate | survey, cross-sectional | strong | Hopkins-Symptom-Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) (Thoughts of ending your life: Not at all (0), A little (1), Quite a bit (2), Extremely (3)), last week | strong | strong |
Leiler et al. (2019) [16] | random selection | moderate | survey, cross-sectional | strong | PHQ-9 (Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself: Not at all Several (0), several days (1), More than half the days (2), Nearly every day (3)), last two weeks | strong | strong |
Meyerhoff et al. (2020) [29] | random selection | moderate | cross-sectional | strong | Beck Scale for Suicidal ideation (BSS) (assesses various aspects of suicidal ideation an attempt on a 3-point scale), last week | strong | moderate |
Nickerson et al. (2019) [20] | random selection | moderate | cross-sectional, snowball-sampling | strong | PHQ-9 (Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself: Not at all Several (0), several days (1), More than half the days (2), Nearly every day (3)), last two weeks | strong | strong |
Rahman et al. (2003) [33] | random selection in primary health care | moderate | survey, cross-sectional | moderate | Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) (Has the thought of ending your life been on your mind?: yes/no), last month | moderate | moderate |
Sohn et al. (2019) [25] | random selection | moderate | survey, cross-sectional | moderate | the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) Interview, last year | moderate | moderate |