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. 2019 Jan 19;8:27. doi: 10.1186/s13643-018-0930-3

Table 3.

Planned subgroup analysis

Key questions Both populations General adult Pregnancy and postpartum
1 and 1a ▪ Socioeconomic status (e.g. income, level of education, as assessed by study authors)
▪ Race/ethnicity (will be determined post hoc, depending on populations encountered in studies)
▪ Geographical location (e.g. rural vs urban settings, country/region)
▪ Validated vs non-validated tools
▪ Gender/sex ▪ Timing period and frequency of screening (e.g. prenatal, immediate postpartum)
1 only ▪ Age groups (e.g. < 25 years of age)
▪ Immigrant status
▪ Support status (e.g. single mother with no family support vs other)
▪ Partum status (e.g. first child vs later)
1a only ▪ Risk factors for depression (to be determined post hoc, depending on the combination of risk factors as reported in studies).