Detecting maternal depression in a low-income country: Comparison of the self-reporting questionnaire and the edinburgh postnatal depression scale

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-133

  Husain, Nusrat ^a,b   Kiran, Tayyeba ^c   Sumra, Altaf ^b   Zafar, Shehla Naeem ^d   Rahman, Raza Ur ^d   Jafri, Farhat ^c   Ansari, Sami ^c   Husain, Meher ^b   Adelekan, Moruf Lanrewaju ^b   Chaudhry, Imran Bashir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASHIRE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Pakistani Institute of Learning and Living   (Pakistan)

^d DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Culture; Depression; Developing countries; Edinburgh postnatal depression scale; Self reporting questionnaire; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SELF REPORT;

CULTURE; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; SELF-REPORTING QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; PAKISTAN; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897062292     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt097     Document Type: Article

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