Table 3.

AMSTAR score of included reviews on antenatal depression and associated factors (N = 10)

AMSTAR criteria	Name of the reviews
	Biaggie, 2016	Gelaye, 2016	Halim, 2017	Mitchel,2017	Roomruangwong, 2011	Sparling, 2017	Underwood, 2016	Wosu, 2015	Lancaster,2010	Howard, 2013
1. Was a-priori design provided?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2. Was there duplicate study selection and data extraction?	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
3. Was a comprehensive literature search performed?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
4. Was status of publication (e.g. grey literature) used as an inclusion criterion?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
5. Was a list of studies (included and excluded) provided?	Can’t answer	Can’t answer	Can’t answer	Can’t answer	Can’t answer	Can’t answer	Can’t answer	Can’t answer	Can’t answer	Can’t answer
6. Were the characteristics of included studies provided?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
7. Was the scientific quality of the included studies assessed and reported?	No	No	Can’t answer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
8. Was the scientific quality of the included studies used appropriately in formulating conclusions?	No	No	Can’t answer	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
9. Were the methods used to combine the findings of studies appropriate?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
10. Was the likelihood of publication bias assessed?	Not applicable	Yes	Not applicable	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Yes	Not applicable	Yes
11. Was the conflict of interest stated?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Total AMSTAR score	5 (middle)	7(middle)	7(middle)	7(middle)	4(middle)	7(middle)	7(middle)	8(upper)	7(middle)	8 (upper)