The Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale: Stable structure but subscale of limited value to detect anxiety.

PURPOSE:The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) aims at detecting postpartum depression. It has been hypothesized that a subscale (items 3, 4, 5) may detect anxiety. The aim of this study is to assess whether this EPDS anxiety subscale is present in a community-based dataset, and if so, to a...

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Main Authors: Angarath I van der Zee-van den Berg, Magda M Boere-Boonekamp, Catharina G M Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Sijmen A Reijneveld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221894