Table 1.

Site location, design, enrolment period, setting and language of EPDS

Institution	Country	Assessment of postpartum symptoms	Repeated-measures design	Recruitment settinga	Language of EPDS
University of Rochester	USA	Prospective	Yes	Obstetric clinics	English
University of Paris	France	Prospective	Yes	Multiple	French
Johns Hopkins	USA	Prospective	Yes	Multiple	English
University of Massachussets	USA	Prospective	No	Obstetric clinics	English
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	USA	Prospective	Yes	Multiple	English
University of Arkansas/Emory	USA	Prospective	Yes	Multiple	English
Karolinska Institute	Sweden	Retrospective	No	Swedish Twin Community	Swedish
National Institute of Mental Health	USA	90% Prospective	No	Multiple	English
Erasmus	The Netherlands	Prospective	No	Psychiatric clinics	Dutch
Northwestern	USA	Prospective	Yes	Multiple	English
Erasmus	The Netherlands	Prospective	No	Community	Dutch

EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.

^aMultiple: psychiatric clinics, obstetric clinics, community, advertisements.