Table 2 Description of Included Studies
Country, Author, Date | Study design | Intervention | Depression Assessment Instrument | Personnel | Duration | Format | Location | Evaluation Objective | Data collection method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pakistan (Rahman, 2007) | Cluster RCT | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | Schedules of Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry | Lady health workers | 16 sessions | Individual | Home/ Community | To develop and evaluate some processes of intervention delivery | 4 Focus group discussions 30 In-depth interviews |
India (Rath et al., 2010 | Cluster RCT | Participatory learning and action cycle (psychoeducation) | Kessler 10 | Female Community health workers | 20 monthly group meetings (under 2 h) | Group | Home/ Community | Process evaluation of the intervention | 244 Focus groups Document reviews Analysis of evaluation forms |
China (Gao et al. al, 2012) | Individual RCT | Interpersonal Psychotherapy | Edinburg Post-natal Depression Scale | Midwives | 3 sessions (2, 90 min sessions and 1 follow up phone call | Group | Hospital | Post intervention process and outcome evaluations | 83 Program satisfaction questionnaires 20 outcome evaluations |