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Table 2 Major characteristics of studies: the effect of the childbirth experience on postpartum depression

From: Prevalence of perinatal depression among Japanese women: a meta-analysis

Author, year

Measure

Primiparas

Multiparas

Sample size

Identified cases

Sample size

Identified cases

Akiyama 2014 [45]

EPDS

1942

237

1073

87

Arai 2009 [47]

EPDS

73

21

76

12

Doi 2015 [50]

EPDS

43

8

50

7

Fukuda 2011 [55]

EPDS

131

28

168

29

Fukuzawa 2004 [57]

EPDS

383

58

281

14

Fukuzawa 2006 [58]

EPDS

188

18

168

11

Fukuzawa 2011 [59]

EPDS

73

11

62

2

Hamazaki 2009 [61]

EPDS

443

56

543

35

Hozumi 2005 [68]

EPDS

49

13

61

3

Ichikawa 2008 [69]

EPDS

68

17

84

12

Ishii 2010 [71]

EPDS

64

4

45

2

Kanai 2016 [77]

EPDS

72

7

41

1

Kanazawa 2008 [78]

EPDS

42

6

69

10

Kikuchi 2007 [82]

EPDS

192

34

235

25

Kishi 2009 [86]

EPDS

83

12

77

8

Kishimoto 2013 [87]

EPDS

99

14

121

9

Kobayashi 2017 [10]

EPDS

598

155

369

36

Matsumoto 2011 [92]

EPDS

332

62

343

38

Mishina 2010 [96]

EPDS

164

34

115

9

Mitamura 2008 [98]

EPDS

211

20

312

20

Miyamoto 2012 [101]

EPDS

72

13

56

6

Mori 2016 [103]

EPDS

1808

430

1597

161

Muchanga 2017 [9]

EPDS

24,340

4276

57,351

6907

Nagatsuru 2006 [108]

EPDS

137

42

115

20

Nakamura 2015 [12]

EPDS

114

12

101

7

Nakano 2004 [110]

EPDS

75

15

85

9

Ngoma 2012 [111]

EPDS

41

5

76

2

Ninagawa 2005 [112]

EPDS

177

30

159

17

Ono 2008 [121]

EPDS

85

23

66

10

Sato 2002 [130]

EPDS

215

48

187

36

Satoh 2009 [131]

EPDS

99

29

78

13

Takehara 2018 [145]

EPDS

721

122

585

52

Tamaki 1997a [149]

EPDS

353

77

273

36

Tamaki 1997b [148]

EPDS

1034

147

1437

144

Tomari 2012 [150]

EPDS

136

38

177

15

Urayama 2013 [153]

EPDS

82

30

19

3

Watanabe 2008 [11]

EPDS

111

15

124

15

Yamaguchi 2016 [156]

EPDS

45

12

56

8

Yoshida 2017 [162]

EPDS

128

23

148

15