The edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS): Translation and validation study of the Iranian version

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Montazeri, Ali ^a   Torkan, Behnaz ^b   Omidvari, Sepideh ^a  

^a Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DELIVERY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ETHNOLOGY; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LANGUAGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247497180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-7-11     Document Type: Article

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