Table 2.
Methodological quality of included studies and the quality of each measurement property
| Measurement tools | Internal consistency | Reliability | Content validity | Structural validity | Hypothesis testing (construct validity) | Cross-cultural validity | Criterion validity | Responsiveness |
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G; +; M(++) | F; ?; U(x) | ||||||
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F; +; L(+) | F; ?; U (x) | ||||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | P; −; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||
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F; +/−; C(+/−) | F; −; L(−) | F; −; L(−) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | P; ?; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
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P; +; U (x) | P; +; U (x) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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P; +; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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P; +; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
| DSS (Griffiths et al. 2008) | G; +; U (x) | F; −; L(−) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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P; +; U (x) | P; +; U (x) | ||||||
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E; +; S(+++) | G; −; M(−−) | E; +; S(+++) | E; +; S(+++) | ||||
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P; +; U (x) | P; +; U (x) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | E; +; S(+++) | F; −; L(−) | ||||
| OMS-HC (Modgill et al. 2014) | G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | P; ?; U (x) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +/−; C(+/−) | F; ?; U(x) | F; +; U(x) | ||||
| ASQ (Bell et al. 2011) | G; +; M(++) | F; ?; U(x) | F; ?; U(x) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; ?; U(x) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; −; L(−) | |||||
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F; +; L(+) | F; −; L(−) | F; ?; U (x) | F; −; L(−) | ||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +; C(+/−) | ||||||
| Perceived DD (Bjorkman et al. 2007) | P; +; U(x) | F; ?; C(+/−) | ||||||
| Perceived DD (depression) (Interian et al. 2010) | G; −; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | F; −; C(+/−) | |||||
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G; −; M(−−) | F; −; L(−) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; −; L(−) | ||||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +; C(+/−) | ||||||
| SD (Penn et al. 1994) | P; +; U(x) | F; −; C(+/−) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; −; L(−) | |||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
| RIBS (Evans-Lacko et al. 2012) | P; +; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
| RIBS (Evans-Lacko et al. 2011) | P; +; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | G; +; M(++) | |||||
| RIBS (Friedrich et al. 2013) | P; +; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
| RIBS Japanese version (Yamaguchi et al. 2014) | G; +; U(x) | P; +; L(+) | F; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
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G; +/−; C(+/−) | F; ?; U(x) | ||||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
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F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||
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G; +; M(++) | P; ?; U(x) | ||||||
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P; +; U(x) | |||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; ?; U(x) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
| Stigma-Devaluation scale (Dalky, 2012) | E; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | E; ?; L(+) | P; N/A; U(x) | ||||
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G; +; M(++) | |||||||
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F; +; L(+) | F; −; L(−) | ||||||
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F; ?; U (x) | F; +/−; C(+/−) | P; ?; U (x) | F; −; L(−) | F; +; L(+) | |||
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G; −; M(−−) | F; +; L(+) | F; −; L(−) | |||||
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G; +/−; C(+/−) | F; +; L(+) | F; −; L(−) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | P; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | ||
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G; −; M(−−) | F; −; L(−) | F; −; L(−) | |||||
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P; −; U(x) | F; −; L(−) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | G; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | F; +/−; C(+/−) | P; ?; U (x) | ||
| MICA version 4 (Gabbidon et al. 2013a, b) | G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | F; −; C(+/−) | ||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | F; +; L(+) | |||
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F; −; L(−) | |||||||
| DAQ (Haddad et al. 2007) | F; −; L(−) | F; −; L(−) | ||||||
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F; +/−; C(+/−) | F; −; L(−) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | ||||
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F; +; L(+) | F; ?; U (x) | ||||||
| OMI (Madianos et al. 1987) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
| OMI (Struening & Cohen, 1963) | G; +/−; C(+/−) | F ?; L(+) | ||||||
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P; +; U (x) | F; ?; U (x) | ||||||
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G; +/−; C(+/−) | P; ?; U(x) | F; ?; C(+/−) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
| CAMI (Granello et al. 1999) | P; +/−; C(+/−) | P; +/−; L(+) | ||||||
| CAMI (Granello & Pauley, 2000) | P; +/−; C(+/−) | P; +; L(+) | ||||||
| CAMI (Hinkelmean & Granello, 2003) | G; +/−; C(+/−) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
| CAMI (Morris et al. 2011) | F; ?; C(+/−) | |||||||
| CAMI Chinese (Sevigny et al. 1999) | F: −; C(+/−) | F: +; L(+) | ||||||
| CAMI (Wolff et al. 1996) | F: −; C(+/−) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
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F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | P; +; U(x) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; ?; U(x) | F; N/A; U(x) | |||||
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P +; U(x) | F; −; L(−) | ||||||
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G; −; M(−−) | F; +/−; C(+/−) | F; +; L(+) | P; −; U(x) | ||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | P; ?; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; −; M(−−) | F; ?; U (x) | ||||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +/−; C(+/−) | ||||||
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F; ?; U(x) | P; ?; U(x) | F; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
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F; +; L(+) | F; ?; U (x) | ||||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; −; L(−) | ||||||
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F; ?; C(+/−) | F; ?; C(+/−) | ||||||
| AQ (Brown, 2008) | G; +/−; C(+/−) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; C(+/−) | F; +/−; C(+/−) | ||||
| AQ (Corrigan et al. 2003) | P; +; C(+/−) | F; +; C(+/−) | ||||||
| AQ (Corrigan et al. 2004) | F; +/−; L(+) | |||||||
| AQ-27-Italian (Luca Pingani et al. 2012) | G; +; C(+/−) | F; +; L(+) | F; ?; C(+/−) | F; +; C(+/−) | F; N/A; U (x) | |||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; ?; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | F; N/A; U (x) | ||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; ?; U(x) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; ?; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +/−; C(+/−) | F; −; L(−) | |||||
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E; +; S(+++) | |||||||
| G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; −; L(−) | F; −; L(−) | |||||
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P; +; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | G; ?; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; ?; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
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P; +; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; ?; U(x) | ||||||
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P; +; U(x) | G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
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P; +/−; U (x) | F; +/−; C(+/−) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
| P; +; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | |||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; ?; U (x) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | P; ?; U (x) | F; ?; U (x) | P; −; U (x) | F; −; L(−) | ||
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G; +; M(++) | F; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; −; M(−−) | F; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; −; M(−−) | F; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; −; L(−) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | E; +; S(+++) | F; +; C(+/−) | F; +; C(+/−) | ||||
| Self-stigma scale-short (SSSS) (Wu et al. 2015) | G; +; M(++) | F; ?; C(+/−) | F; −; C(+/−) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
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G; +; M(++) | P; +; C(+/−) | F; ?; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
| ISMI (Brohan et al. 2011) | P; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
| ISMI (Ritsher & Phelan, 2004) | F; +; L(+) | |||||||
| ISMI Chinese (Chang et al. 2014) | G; +; M(++) | F; +; C(+/−) | F; ?; L(+) | F; +/−; L(+) | ||||
| ISMI Arabic (Kira et al. 2015) | G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; −; L(+) | F; −; L(−) | ||||
| ISMI (Lien et al. 2014) | G; +; M(++) | F; +/−; C(+/−) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | ||||
| ISMI (Sibitz et al. 2011a, b) | G; +; L(+) | |||||||
| ISMI (Sibitz et al. 2011a, b) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
| ISMI (Sorsdahl et al. 2012) | F; +; L(+) | |||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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P; +; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | P; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | |||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | P; ?; U(x) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) | F; −; L(−) | ||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +; L(+) | ||||||
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G; −; M(−−) | F; ?; U(x) | ||||||
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G; +; M(++) | F; +/−; C(+/−) | F; +; L(+) | F; +; L(+) |
Study quality: E = Excellent, G = Good, F = Fair, P = Poor; Quality of each measurement property: positive rating (+), negative rating (−), indeterminate rating (?), conflicting rating (+/−); Overall level of evidence: Strong (S) (+++ or −−−), Moderate (M) (++ or −−), Limited (L) (+ or −), Conflicting (C) (+/−), or unknown (U) (x); N/A = Not applicable.
**, 12 tools of which all their measurement properties met the criteria of Limited (+ or −) (minimum acceptable) evidence or above; ??, 20 tools of which no measurement properties met the criteria of minimum acceptable evidence (limited level of evidence) or above.