Table 3 Subgroup analysis of odds ratios of low social support in the association between social support and antenatal depression (N = 45, 2000–2019), (random effect model)
| Variable | No. of studies |
Pooled AOR (95% CI) | Heterogeneity within the study (I2 and Q) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q value | I2, P-value | |||
| Study setting | ||||
| Facility | 36 | 1.63 (1.49, 1.77) | 502.3 | 93.0%, p < 0.001 |
| Community | 9 | 2.21 (1.25, 3.93) | 792.0 | 99.0%, p < 0.001 |
| Income of country | ||||
| High-income | 16 | 1.98 (1.72, 2.27) | 367 | 95.9%, p < 0.001 |
| Middle-income | 14 | 1.33 (1.19, 1.50) | 115.7 | 88.8%, p < 0.001 |
| Low-income | 15 | 2.26 (1.36, 3.76) | 1431.5 | 99.0%, p < 0.001 |
| Study design | ||||
| Cross-sectional study | 26 | 1.84 (1.4, 2.41) | 3534.2 | 99.3%, p < 0.001 |
| Longitudinal study | 19 | 2.1 (1.78, 2.48) | 339.6 | 94.7%, p < 0.001 |
| Median sample sizea | ||||
| < 520 | 30 | 1.99 (1.63, 2.41) | 3833.8 | 99.2%, p < 0.001 |
| > = 520 | 15 | 2.02 (1.59, 2.55) | 126.5 | 88.9%, p < 0.001 |
| Publication year | ||||
| 2000–2005 | 3 | 4.37 (2.20, 8.71) | 3.13 | 36.0%, p = 0.209 |
| 2006–2010 | 7 | 2.20 (1.31, 3.71) | 50.3 | 88.1%, p < 0.001 |
| 2011–2015 | 15 | 1.67 (1.43, 1.95) | 295.8 | 95.3%, p < 0.001 |
| 2016–2019 | 20 | 2.06 (1.43, 2.97) | 2598.4 | 99.3%, p < 0.001 |
| Depression assessment tool | ||||
| Screening | 41 | 2.07 (1.74, 2.46) | 3940.9 | 99.0%, p < 0.001 |
| Diagnostic | 4 | 1.29 (1.09, 1.52) | 19.25 | 84.4%, p < 0.001 |