The Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale: development and preliminary validation

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 443-454

  Somerville, Susanne ^a   Dedman, Kellie ^a   Hagan, Rosemary ^a,b   Oxnam, Elizabeth ^a   Wettinger, Michelle ^a   Byrne, Shannon ^a,c   Coo, Soledad ^a   Doherty, Dorota ^b   Page, Andrew C ^c  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Perinatal; Postnatal; Pregnancy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84897349782     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0425-8     Document Type: Article

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