Implementation of depression screening in antenatal clinics through tablet computers: results of a feasibility study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-11

  Marcano Belisario, José S ^a   Gupta, Ajay K ^b   O’Donoghue, John ^a   Ramchandani, Paul ^a   Morrison, Cecily ^a   Car, Josip ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal depression; Apple iPad ; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS); Mental health; Mobile health (mHealth); Patient self report; Population screening; Survey layout; Tablet computers; Whooley questions

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STATE MEDICINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85019040465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-017-0459-8     Document Type: Article

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