Validation of the Turkish version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale among women within their first postpartum year

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 483-486

  Aydin, Nazan ^a,b   Inandi, Tacettin ^a   Yigit, Arzu ^a   Nalan Sahin Hodoglugil, Nuriye ^c  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Postnatal depression; Sensitivity; Specificity; Turkish women; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; ROC CURVE; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION PROCESS; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY;

EID: 4344608390     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0770-4     Document Type: Article

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