Are symptom features of depression during pregnancy, the postpartum period and outside the peripartum period distinct? Results from a nationally representative sample using item response theory (IRT)

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-140

  Hoertel, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Lõpez, Saioa ^d   Peyre, Hugo ^e,f   Wall, Melanie M ^a,g   González Pinto, Ana ^d   Limosin, Frédéric ^b,c   Blanco, Carlos ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Paris Descartes University   (France)

^c CENTRE DE PSYCHIATRIE ET NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^e HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^f ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^g Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; differential item functioning; DSM 5; item response theory; major depressive episode; peripartum; postpartum; pregnancy; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MODEL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SYMPTOM; THEORY; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921891208     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22334     Document Type: Article

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