Can we identify mothers at-risk for postpartum anxiety in the immediate postpartum period using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1217-1220

  Dennis, Cindy Lee ^a,b   Coghlan, Michelle ^a   Vigod, Simone ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Postpartum anxiety; Predictive validity; Screening; Sensitivity and specificity; State Trait Anxiety Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

POSTPARTUM ANXIETY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATE-TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888312904     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.05.049     Document Type: Article

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