The comparative validity of screening scales for postnatal common mental disorder in Kintampo, Ghana

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 109-117

  Weobong, Benedict ^a,b   Akpalu, Bright ^a   Doku, Victor ^a,b   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a,c   Hurt, Lisa ^c   Kirkwood, Betty ^c   Prince, Martin ^b  

^a Kintampo Health Research   (Ghana)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common mental disorder; PHQ 9; Postpartum depression; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUDEN INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149099072     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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