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History of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Risk of Prenatal and Postpartum Depression or Depressive Symptoms: An Epidemiologic Review

Adaeze C. Wosu1, Bizu Gelaye1, Michelle A. Williams1

1 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Corresponding author

Dr. Bizu Gelaye

Department of Epidemiology

Harvard School of Public Health

677 Huntington Ave, K505F

Boston, MA 02115 USA

Telephone: 617-432-6477

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Running Title: Childhood sexual abuse and depression in pregnancy and postpartum

Type of Manuscript: Review

Key words: Childhood sexual abuse; childhood trauma; depression; pregnancy; postpartum

Online Resource 2. Quality assessment of CSA-depression relationship in studies included in this review (n=14), using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale

Pregnancy studies
Author / Study design / Selection / Comparability / Outcome/Exposure
(Benedict et al. 1999) / Cross-sectional / **** / ** / **
(Bonacquisti et al. 2014) / Cross-sectional / *** / ** / **
(Bublitz and Stroud) / Cross-sectional / *** / -- / **
(Lang et al. 2006) / Cross-sectional / ** / -- / **
(Leeners et al. 2014) / Cross-sectional / *** / -- / *
(Lev-Wiesel and Daphna-Tekoah 2010) / Cross-sectional / *** / -- / **
(Robertson-Blackmore et al. 2013) / Cross-sectional / **** / ** / **
Postpartum studies
Author / Study design / Selection / Comparability / Outcome/Exposure
(Bonacquisti et al. 2014)
(personal communication) / Prospective / *** / -- / *
(Cohen et al. 2002) / Prospective / *** / -- / *
(Dennis and Vigod 2013) / Prospective / *** / -- / **
(Garabedian et al. 2011) / Cross-sectional / *** / ** / **
(Plaza et al. 2012) / Cross-sectional / *** / -- / **
(Roberts et al. 2004) / Prospective / *** / * / **
(Robertson-Blackmore et al. 2013) / Prospective / *** / ** / **

Maximum Score: Selection (5) for cross-sectional studies, Selection (4) for cohort studies; Comparability (2); Outcome/Exposure (3)

The symbol -- for comparability indicates that the authors did not present adjusted values for the relationship between CSA and depressive symptoms/diagnosis.

Study design is reported in relation to chronology of exposure and outcome assessment.