Table 2. Results of Moderator Analyses for the Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescence During COVID-19.

Categorical moderators	No. of studies	Prevalence (95% CI)	Homogeneity Q	P value
Study quality scorea
2-3	21a	0.27 (0.23-0.32)b	3.64	.06
4	5	0.18 (0.11-0.26)b
Symptom reporter
Self-report	23	0.25 (0.208-0.30)b	0.06	.80
Parent report	3	0.27 (0.16-0.42)c
Geographical region
East Asia	16	0.22 (0.17-0.28)b	2.83	.24
North America	5	0.28 (0.19-0.41)d
Europe	3	0.34 (0.20-0.51)
Continuous moderators	No. of studies	Estimate (95% CI)	z	P value
Participant
Age	26	0.08 (0.01-0.15)	2.10	.04
Sex	26	0.03 (0.01-0.05)	3.03	.002
Month of data collection in 2020	23	0.26 (0.06-0.46)	2.54	.01

^aTwo studies had a study quality of 2 and were combined with those with a study quality of 3.

^bP < .001.

^cP = .01.