Detection of antenatal depression in rural HIV-affected populations with short and ultrashort versions of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 401-410

  Rochat, Tamsen J ^a,b   Tomlinson, Mark ^b   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,c   Stein, Alan ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antenatal depression; EPDS; HIV; Screening; Short; Ultrashort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTENATAL DEPRESSION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DEPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885018993     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-013-0353-z     Document Type: Article

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