Table 2: Reported Study Design and Study Instrument Used to Assess Sexual Violence.
| Study Author (Year of study) | Study Design | SV Assessment Instrument | ||||
| Probability vs. Non-Probability | Sample Size Adequacy Reached | Non- response | Pilot Testing | Type of Instrument Used | Sensitivity/ Specificity | |
| McKelvey (1995) | Non-Probability | Not reported | 5.9% | Not reported | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Swiss (1998) | Probability | Not reported | Not reported | No | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Petersen (2000) | Non-Probability | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Cardozo (2000) | Probability | Yes | Not reported | No | HTQ | Not reported |
| Amowitz (2002) | Probability | No | 5.0% | Yes | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Kerimova (2003) | Non-Probability | Not reported | Not reported | No | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Hynes (2004) | Probability | No | 26.0% | Yes | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Avdibegović (2006) | Non-Probability | Not reported | 0.0% | Not reported | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Amone-P'Olak (2006) | Probability | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Hammoury (2007) | Non-Probability | Yes | 0.6% | Yes | AAS | Not reported |
| Roberts (2008) | Probability | Yes | Not reported | Not reported | HTQ | Not reported |
| Johnson (2008) | Probability | Yes | 1.8% | Not reported | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Usta (2008) | Non-Probability | Not reported | Not reported | No | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Hagan (2009) | Probability | Not reported | Not reported | No | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Kinyanda (2010) | Non-Probability | Not reported | Not reported | No | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Vinck (2010) | Probability | Yes | 5.0% | Yes | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Johnson (2010) | Probability | No | 1.1% | Yes | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Betancourt (2011) | Non-Probability | Not reported | Not reported | No | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| Parmar (2012) | Probability | Yes | 0.5% | No | Survey/Questionnaire | Not reported |
| *HTQ- Harvard Trauma Questionnaire **AAS- Abuse Assessment Screen | ||||||