Correlations of visual analog scales with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Journal of Affective Disorders, 2005The purpose of this study was to search for correlations of scores on the visual analog scales (VAS) taken during the third week postpartum with scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) taken on approximately day 28 postpartum.Thirty-four women filled out six visual analog scales on postpartum days 15-21 and took the EPDS at their 4 ...
Sarah J Breese, McCoy +5 more
openaire +2 more sources
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: Validation for an Australian Sample
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1993One hundred and three post-partum women completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and were interviewed using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. A cut-off score of 12.5 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale identified all nine women who reached criteria for major depression. At this threshold the sensitivity (the percentage of true
P, Boyce, J, Stubbs, A, Todd
openaire +2 more sources
Review of validation studies of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2001Objective: To review validation studies of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Method: A systematic search was performed in Medline and the Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI) from the period 1987–2000. For sensitivity and specificity of the EPDS presented in each study, 95% confidence intervals were estimated.
M, Eberhard-Gran +4 more
openaire +2 more sources
Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in an Iranian sample
Archives of Women's Mental Health, 2007Considering the adverse effects of postpartum depression on both mother and infant, a screening instrument for early diagnosis seems to be of importance.To assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) on a sample of Iranian postpartum women.The EPDS was translated and back-translated in the ...
S, Mazhari, N, Nakhaee
openaire +2 more sources
Validation of the Maltese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Archives of Women's Mental Health, 2005This paper reports the validation of the Maltese translated Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale against Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR-10) diagnosis for severe, moderate and mild depression during pregnancy (antenatally) and at 8 weeks postnatally.
E, Felice, J, Saliba, V, Grech, J, Cox
openaire +2 more sources
Validation of Edinburgh postnatal depression scale for adolescent mothers
Archives of Women's Mental Health, 2009The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale has widespread use internationally with adult women, but few psychometric properties have been described for samples of adolescent mothers. The purpose of this paper is to validate the psychometric properties of the EPDS in a sample of adolescent mothers (n = 149) in a southern, urban area of the United States ...
M Cynthia, Logsdon +2 more
openaire +2 more sources
Validation of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) in non-postnatal women
Journal of Affective Disorders, 1996This paper reports the validation of the EPDS against a Research Diagnostic Criteria diagnosis of Major and Minor depression. The EPDS was administered to non-postnatal women with older children (mean age of youngest child 3 years 9 months) and to postnatal women (baby aged 6 months).
J L, Cox +3 more
openaire +2 more sources
Reproducibility of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale during the Postpartum Period
American Journal of Perinatology, 2021Objective This study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in the immediate postpartum period, which we defined as between 3 and 24 hours postpartum for the purpose of this research. This is such that if it can predict scores obtained at the postpartum visit, it will be an opportunity to ...
Nkechi, Ezirim +6 more
openaire +2 more sources
Validation of the Thai Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for screening postpartum depression
Psychiatry Research, 2007This study aimed to validate and determine an appropriate cut-off score on the Thai Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) as a screen for postpartum depression. A prospective cohort of postpartum women at 6-8 weeks were tested using the EPDS and clinically interviewed by psychiatrists to establish a DSM-IV diagnosis of major or minor depressions ...
Jarurin, Pitanupong +2 more
openaire +2 more sources
Detection of Postnatal Depression
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1987The development of a 10-item self-report scale (EPDS) to screen for Postnatal Depression in the community is described. After extensive pilot interviews a validation study was carried out on 84 mothers using the Research Diagnostic Criteria for depressive illness obtained from Goldberg's Standardised Psychiatric Interview.
J L, Cox, J M, Holden, R, Sagovsky
openaire +2 more sources

