Revalidation of the Malay version of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) among Malay postnatal women attending the Bakar Bata Health Center in Alor Setar, Kedah, North West of Peninsular Malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-75

  Mahmud, Wan Mohd Rushidi Wan ^b,c   Awang, Amir ^a   Mohamed, Mahmood Nazar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

EPDS; Postnatal depression; Rating scale; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2642581052     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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