Antenatal Depression in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka and the Factor Structure of the Sinhalese Version of Edinburgh Post Partum Depression Scale among Pregnant Women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Agampodi, Suneth Buddhika ^a   Agampodi, Thilini Chanchala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880835418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069708     Document Type: Article

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