Validation of screening tools for antenatal depression in Malawi-A comparison of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale and self reporting questionnaire

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1041-1047

  Stewart, Robert C ^a,b   Umar, Eric ^b   Tomenson, Barbara ^a   Creed, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Depression; Low income countries; Screening tools; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTENATAL DEPRESSION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALAWI; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORTING QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTENATAL; DEPRESSION; LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES; SCREENING TOOLS; VALIDATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALAWI; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888348917     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.05.036     Document Type: Article

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