Table 2 Methodological quality of studies on translation and validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in low- and lower-middle-income countries
Study | Clear study aim | Sample adequacy (justification) | Representative sample (with justification) | Explicit criteria for inclusion & exclusion | Response rate | Description of data | Appropriate statistical analyses | Ethics approval | Obtained informed consent from participants | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Nepal et al., (2002) [24] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2. Regmi et al., (2002) [40] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
3. Patel et al., (2002) [28] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
4. Uwakwe (2003) [30] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
5. Fisher et al., (2004) [23] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
6. Rahman et al., (2005) [39] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
7. Adewuya et al., (2006) [31] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
8. Pollock et al., (2006) [32] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
9. Gausia et al., (2007) [19] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
10. Gausia et al., (2007) [25] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
11. Rowel et al., (2008) [37] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
12. Hanlon et al., (2008) [33] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
13. Weobong et al., (2009) [38] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
14. Tesfaye et al., (2010) [35] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
15. Chibanda et al., (2010) [36] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
16. Fernandes et al. (2010) [29] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
17. Tran et al., (2011) [27] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
18. Husain et al., (2013) [26] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
19. Stewart et al., (2013) [34] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |