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. 2017 Mar 24;17:112. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1273-7

Table 3.

Results of included studies (n = 11)

Author Country of study Type of study Sample (n) Gold standard Screening Instrument AUC (95% CI) Se Sp
Adewuya et al. (2006) [25] Nigeria Validation study 182 pregnant women (32–36 weeks) MINI EPDS .965 .867 .915
Alvarado-Esquivel et al. (2014a) [36] Mexico Validation study 158 adult pregnant women (2-9 months) DSM-IV EPDS .810 .757 .744
Alvarado-Esquivel et al. (2014b) [37] Mexico Validation study 120 teenage pregnant women (3–9 months) DSM-IV EPDS .890 .704 .849
e Couto et al. (2015) [1] Brazil Validation study 247 pregnant women (2nd trimester) MINI EPDS .850 .816 .733
BDI .900 .820 .846
HAM-D .860 .877 .746
Fernandes et al. (2011) [4] India Cross sectional study 194 pregnant women (3rd trimester) MINI EPDS .950 1.00 .849
K-10 .950 1.00 .813
Kaaya et al. (2002) [23] Tanzania Randomized controlled trial 903 HIV positive pregnant women (8–26 weeks) SCID HSCL-25 .860 .890 .800
Martins et al. (2015) [39] Brazil Cross sectional study 807 adolescent pregnant women (2nd trimester) MINI EPDS .890 .811 .827
BDI .870 .867 .738
Natamba et al. (2014) [35] Uganda Cross sectional study 123 [36 HIV positive and 87 HIV negative pregnant women] (10–26 weeks) MINI CES-D-20 .820 .727 .785
Rochat et al. (2013) [3] South Africa Cross sectional study 109 [49 HIV positive and 60 HIV negative pregnant women] (Second half of pregnancy) SCID EPDS .817 .690 .780
Spies et al. (2009) [22] South Africa Prospective study 129 pregnant women (<20 weeks) SCID K-10 .660 .730 .540
Stewart et al. (2013) [34] Malawi Validation study 224 pregnant women (28–34 weeks) SCID EPDS .811 .688 .795
SRQ .833 .763 .813

AUC area under curve, BDI beck depression index, CES-D centre for epidemiologic studies depression scale, CI confidence interval, DSM-IV diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders version 4, EPDS Edinburgh postnatal depression scale, HAM-D Hamilton rating scale for depression, HSCL-25 Hopkins symptoms checklist 25, K-10 Kessler psychological distress scale 10, MINI mini-international neuropsychiatric interview, SCID structured clinical interviews for DSM IV axis 1 diagnoses, SRQ self-reporting questionnaire, Se sensitivity, Sp specificity, [ ] number in reference list, HIV human immunodeficiency virus