Table 1.

Characteristics of the studies included in the systematic review

Author, Year	Country	Design	Type of sample	N	Period of assesment	Mesure of SA	Quality
Gressier et al., 2017	France	Case-control	Clinical	154 cases 1285 controls	Pregnancy and Postpartum	Medical records	6
Johannsen et al., 2020	Denmark	Cohort	Community	1,202,292	Postpartum	ICD codes	8
Vigod et al., 2019	Canada	Cohort	Community	1,269,781	Postpartum	ICD codes	8
Comtois et al., 2008	USA	Case-control	Community	350 cases 1420 controls	Postpartum	ICD codes	8
Weng et al., 2016	Taiwan	Case-control	Community	139 cases 1390 controls	Postpartum	ICD codes	8
Morgan et al., 1997	United Kingdom	Cohort	Community	408,000	Postpartum	N.D.	6
Schiff et al., 2006	USA	Case-control	Community	520 cases 2204 controls	Postpartum	ICD codes	7
Weng et al., 2018	Taiwan	Case-control	Community	485 cases 4850 controls	Postpartum	ICD codes	8
Taylor et al., 2016	United Kingdom	Case-control	Clinical	33 cases 387 controls	Pregnancy	Medical records	8
Belete et al., 2021	Ethiopia	Case-control	Community	20 cases 718 controls	Pregnancy	CIDI	6

SA: Suicide Attempt; ICD: International Classification of Diseases; CIDI: Composite International Diagnostic Interview. N.D.= Non defined