Comparative analysis of the performance of the postpartum depression screening scale with two other depression instruments

Nursing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 242-250

  Beck, Cheryl Tatano ^a   Gable, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Postpartum depression; Psychometric testing; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0035403606     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200107000-00008     Document Type: Article

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