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. 2023 Jul 6;26(2):395–408. doi: 10.1007/s10903-023-01510-4

Table 2.

Prevalence of antenatal and postnatal depression

Study Measure Prev. Population
Antenatal depression

Ahmed et al. [67]

Miszkurka et al. [40]

Peer et al. [42]

EPDS ≤ 10

CES-D ≤ 16

EPDS ≤ 12

43%

22%

24%

Syrian refugee women

‘Middle East’ not further specified

‘Middle East’ not further specified

Postnatal depression

Ahmed et al. [67]

Alhasanat et al. [34]

Alhasanat-Khalil et al. [35]

Alhasanat-Khalil et al. [36]

Mohammad et al. [41]

Qutranji et al. [66]

Shafiei et al. [68]

EPDS ≤ 10

EPDS ≤ 10

EPDS ≤ 10

EPDS ≤ 10

EPDS ≤ 12

PHQ-9 ≤ 5

EPDS ≤ 13

57%

36%

25.2%

25.2%

49.6%

44.8%

31%

Syrian refugee women

Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

‘Middle East’ not further specified

‘Middle East’ not further specified

Syrian refugee women

Syrian refugee women

Afghan women

Reported ante/postnatal combined
Stevenson et al. [43] EPDS ≤ 13 74.3% Syrian refugee women