Screening for postnatal depression in Chinese-speaking women using the Hong Kong translated version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Helen ^a,b   Bautista, Dianne ^b,c   Ch'ng, Ying Chia ^a   Li, Wenyun ^c   Chan, Edwin ^b,c   Rush, A John ^b  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Depression screening; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; Post partum depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE;

DEPRESSION SCREENING; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE; SINGAPORE; TRANSLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878207433     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/appy.12080     Document Type: Article

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