Year: 2002
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study is to validate a version in Spanish of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in Peruvian women with less than 1 year of delivery. METHOD: We administered the EPDS and the SCID section for diagnosis of major depression according to DSM-IV criteria to 321 women within the first year of postpartum. RESULTS: We found that the optimum cut-off score of the EPDS for the studied population was 13.5. With this value the sensitivity was 84.21% and the specificity 79.47% for diagnosis of major depression. No woman with score lower than 7.5 had major depression (sensitivity and negative predictive value were 100%). The correlation coefficient between the EPDS score and the number of criterion A symptoms for major depression according to DSM-IV was 0.4478. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.7043. The items that had more predictive power for postpartum depression were those regarding worries, ability to cope, panic, cry and optimism. CONCLUSIONS: The version in Spanish of the EPDS performed adequately in Peruvian women.
Source: Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría
Language: Spanish
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1601584977