Validation studies of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for the antenatal period
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Review of validation studies of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.
OBJECTIVE 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. Positive and negative predictive values were estimated assuming preva...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Affective Disorders
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0165-0327
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.01.044