Validation of the Mainland Chinese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in Chengdu mothers

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1139-1151

  Lau, Ying ^a   Wang, Yuqiong ^b   Yin, Lei ^a   Chan, Kin Sun ^c   Guo, Xiujing ^b  

^a MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Mainland Chinese version of the EPDS; ROC analysis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955423811     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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