Few studies have evaluated the other instruments, therefore, their usefulness for identification of women with depression and anxiety during pregnancy remains very uncertain.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Mental health and physical activity in SCI: Is anxiety sensitivity important? (2023) · doi

  Despite this population being more at risk of experiencing anxiety and depression and less likely to engage in PA, few studies have investigated other factors that may impact this association in this population such as anxiety sensitivity (AS).

  Keywords: population anxiety despite risk experiencing depression less likely engage investigated factors impact association sensitivity
• Clarifying the Anxiety Sensitivity and Alcohol Use Relation: Considering Alcohol Expectancies as Moderators (2008) · doi

  OBJECTIVE: Empirical examinations of the relation between anxiety sensitivity (AS) and alcohol use have yielded inconsistent results, with some studies finding a positive association and other studies finding no association.

  Keywords: finding association objective empirical examinations relation anxiety sensitivity alcohol yielded inconsistent positive
• Identification of depression and anxiety during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of test accuracy (2023) · doi

  Few studies have evaluated the other instruments, therefore, their usefulness for identification of women with depression and anxiety during pregnancy remains very uncertain.

  Keywords: evaluated instruments usefulness identification women depression anxiety pregnancy remains uncertain
• The prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms and syndromes in Kenyan children and adolescents (2008) · doi

  RESULTS: The prevalence rates of anxiety and depression symptoms and syndromes varied widely depending on sex and age and also on the emphasis of the different instruments used, and also according to the cut-off points for the various syndromes and instruments.

  Keywords: syndromes instruments prevalence rates anxiety depression symptoms varied widely depending emphasis different used according points
• The Effects of Test Anxiety and Success/Failure on Mathematics Performance in Grade Eight (1973) · doi

  Age level, intelligence level, task difficulty, degree of stress situation, and sex differences combined with type of anxiety measuring instrument are some of the factors that contribute to such conflicting findings.

  Keywords: level intelligence task difficulty degree stress situation differences combined type anxiety measuring instrument factors contribute