Of interest to the reader, only one study (study Canter 2004) attempts to use six indices of organizational structure to generate a typology of criminal organizations.
Test--retest data were available from one study (study 3) that used a repeated-baseline design, with 2 months between data collection.
The negative impact of VT outside pregnancy on generic QOL have been documented in several studies, 3 5 25 but one study did not find any impact of VT on QOL assessed by SF-36.
However in all but one study, the study population was relatively small (< 900 women) and no other measure of suicidality was used to compare with the EPDS measure.
22 In the other three studies, the percentages were higher than in our studies, but one study enrolled patients with entry blood pressure levels higher than those of our population and evaluated only diastolic blood pressure response.
Among the 27 studies, all but one study showed random-effect SMD estimates that indicated an inverse association, ranging from –0.95 (95% CI: –1.16, –0.75) to –0.10 (95% CI: –0.25, 0.04).
In another meta-analysis [ 37], 2 more recent cohort studies were included, but one study that was included into the meta-analysis by Hamer and Chida was not considered.
Perceived difficulty associated with the caregiving role in terms of the care receiver's dementia stage has not previously been studied, but one study found that, when spousal caregivers of the elderly transitioned to heavy caregiving over 5 years, they had more depressive symptoms and poorer perceived health.
The included qualitative and mixed methods studies of people with a mental health problem had an average quality rating of 5.8/7 for the 17 studies; with all but one study in this group receiving a rating of at least moderate quality (4/7 or greater).
