Table 6.

AMSTAR score of included reviews for effect of antenatal depression on adverse birth outcomes (N = 6)

AMSTAR criteria	Name of the reviews
	Accort, 2015	Araujo, 2010	Grigoriadis, 2013	Grote, 2010	Jarde, 2016	Staneva, 2015
1. Was a-priori design provided?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2. Was there duplicate study selection and data extraction?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
3. Was a comprehensive literature search performed?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
4. Was status of publication (e.g. grey literature) used as an inclusion criterion?	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	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
6. Were the characteristics of included studies provided?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
7. Was the scientific quality of the included studies assessed and reported?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
8. Was the scientific quality of the included studies used appropriately in formulating conclusions?	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
9. Were the methods used to combine the findings of studies appropriate?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
10. Was the likelihood of publication bias assessed?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not applicable
11. Was the conflict of interest stated?	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Total AMSTAR score	8 (upper)	5(middle)	10 (upper)	7(middle)	10(upper)	7(upper)