Table 1.

Study inclusion and exclusion criteria

Characteristics	Inclusion	Exclusion
Publication type	Full length articles published in peer-reviewed journals	Conference abstracts/presentations, dissertations, gray literature
Study design	Prospective cohort, retrospective cohort, case-control, cross-sectional	Reviews, case reports, case series
Language	English language articles, without restriction to country	Non-English language articles
Sample	Pregnant women and women within a few months or years postpartum; women reporting information relevant to the pregnancy or postpartum periods	Men, non-pregnant or non-postpartum women, participants < 18 years at time of depression data collection
Exposure and outcome evaluation	Sexual abuse occurring at < 18 years of age or before adulthood; outcome assessment at ≥ 18 years; Use of medical records, questionnaire or interviews for collecting information on CSA exposure and depression or depressive symptoms	No comparison group (i.e., non-CSA exposed or non-depressed group)
Measure of association	Studies reporting quantitative information on CSA and depression (including counts, prevalence, odds ratios, r coefficients, etc)	Qualitative studies; no quantitative information on CSA-depression association