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Healthy Start screens for depression among urban pregnant, postpartum and interconceptional women.

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine perinatal depression in north and northeast Omaha, NE. METHODS: The records of a sample of 119 randomly selected clients from Omaha Healthy Start (OHS) were reviewed. Three screening instruments were employed to identify women with depression: they were asked whether they were depressed (DQ); they received the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) and/or the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). RESULTS: The number of women with depressive symptoms identified by each technique varied from: DQ (16.8%), EPDS (16%) and BDI (7.6%). The three methods identified three subpopulations of women with different maternal and child health risk profiles reflected by their responses on an OHS-developed Maternal and Child Health Risk Assessment Tool. CONCLUSION: In combination, these simple techniques identified depressed women with different risk profiles who would have been missed using a single approach exclusively.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: Alfred R Harrington, Claudia C Greene-Harrington

Institution: Creighton University

Language: English

Topic: Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2409712578

FWCI: 2.13

Cites: 14

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10