Revisiting the dimensional structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS): Empirical evidence for a general factor

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Reichenheim, Michael E ^a   Moraes, Claudia L ^a,b   Oliveira, Alessandra S D ^c   Lobato, Gustavo ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c Bezerra de Araújo College   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959215942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-93     Document Type: Article

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