Table 1.

Characteristics of the studies selected for the meta-analysis

ID	Authors	Years published	Countries	Income levels	Sample sizes	Ages (Y) (mean ± SD)	Mean years of infertility (mean ± SD)	Types of tools used	Quality assessment
1	Volgsten et al. [25]	2008	Sweden	High	413	32.9 ± 3.9	3.27 ± 1.63	PRIME-MD	5/5
2	Ramezanzadeh et al. [19]	2004	Iran	Low and middle	370	28 ± 5.37	6.36 ± 4.18	Cattle questionnaires	3/5
3	Klemetti et al. [31]	2010	Finland	High	239	37.4 ± 0.45	NA	M-CIDI	4/5
4	Alosaimi et al. [23]	2015	Saudi Arabia	High	206	NA	5.4 ± 4.3	MINI	4/5
5	Alshahrani et al. [32]	2019	Saudi Arabia	High	206	NA	NA	MINI	4/5
6	Maroufizadeh et al. [24]	2018	Iran	Low and middle	649	31/37 ± 5.69	5.62 ± 4.03	HADS	4/5
7	Joelsson et al. [33]	2017	Sweden	High	468	30.1 ± 4.8	1.8 ± 002	HADS	5/5
8	Lakatos et al. [34]	2017	Hungary	High	134	33.30 ± 4.85	3.61 ± 3.08	STAI-T	4/5
9	Biringer et al. [35]	2015	Norway	High	615	35.15 ± 6.28	NA	HADS	5/5
10	Upkong and Orgi [36]	2006	Nigeria	Low and middle	112	34.5 ± 5.5	4.46 ± 3.73	HADS	4/5
11	Rostad et al. [37]	2014	Norway	High	1413	NA	NA	HADS	5/5
12	Kalkhoran et al. [38]	2011	Iran	Low and middle	30	29.2 0 ± 4.2	4.8 ± 0.5	ZAS	3/5
13	Peyvandi et al. [39]	2009	Iran	Low and middle	200	33.39 ± 0.2	4.1 ± 0.6	Cattle questionnaires	4/5

Abbreviations: PRIME-MD Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders, NA Not reported, M-CIDI Composite International Diagnostic Interview, Munich version, MINI Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, STAI-T Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory, ZAS Zung’s Self-Rating Anxiety Scale