Psychometric evaluation of the Mainland Chinese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 813-823

  Wang, Yuqiong ^a   Guo, Xiujing ^a   Lau, Ying ^b   Chan, Kin Sin ^c   Yin, Lei ^b   Chen, Jing ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Mainland Chinese version of the EPDS; Psychometric evaluation; ROC analysis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349176395     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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