Assessing prenatal depression in the rural developing world: a comparison of two screening measures.

Journal article

Significant levels of prenatal depression are reported from the Indian subcontinent (25–45%). A wide variety of measures have been used to screen for prenatal depression in western research. However, little evidence exists on the use of such measures in the context of the developing world. The objective of this study was to assess the validity of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Kessler 10 Scale of Psychological Distress (K10) as screening measures for prenatal depressi...

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Authors: Fernandes, M; Srinivasan, K; Stein, A; Menezes, G; Sumithra, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Archives of women's mental health
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 209-216
• Publication date: 2011-06-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s00737-010-0190-2
• EISSN: 1435-1102
• ISSN: 1434-1816
• Language: English
• Keywords: Prenatal Care; Developing Countries; Questionnaires; Pregnancy Complications; Psychometrics; Pregnancy; Sensitivity and Specificity; Young Adult; Reproducibility of Results; Female; Women's Health; Rural Population; Mass Screening; Humans; India; Adult; Depression