Is it clinically and cost effective to screen for postnatal depression: A systematic review of controlled clinical trials and economic evidence

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1019-1027

  Hewitt, C E ^a   Gilbody, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical effective; Cost effective; EPDS; Postnatal depression; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; ECONOMICS; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCREENING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651083389     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02148.x     Document Type: Article

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