Sensitivity and specificity of screening tools for postpartum depression: a systematic review

Postpartum depression is a depressive episode that can start at any point during the first year after childbirth. There are several tools that can be used for PPD screening. The need to define a predictive tool that is clinically useful and has acceptable sensitivity and sensitivity is important esp...

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Main Authors: Che Abdullah, Azreena, Zulkefli, Nor Afiah Mohd, Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah, Baharom, Anisah, Ahmad, Norliza
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Language:English
Published: Persatuan Pakar Perubatan Kesihatan Awam Malaysia,Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82089/1/Sensitivity%20and%20specificity%20of%20screening%20tools%20for%20postpartum%20depression.pdf
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author Che Abdullah, Azreena
Zulkefli, Nor Afiah Mohd
Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah
Baharom, Anisah
Ahmad, Norliza
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Zulkefli, Nor Afiah Mohd
Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah
Baharom, Anisah
Ahmad, Norliza
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description Postpartum depression is a depressive episode that can start at any point during the first year after childbirth. There are several tools that can be used for PPD screening. The need to define a predictive tool that is clinically useful and has acceptable sensitivity and sensitivity is important especially to be used in the primary care setting. This systematic review investigates the evidence of the sensitivity and specificity of screening tools used for PPD screening. The Standard for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracies (STARD) guidelines were used to conduct the review as a basis for our methodology. PubMed, ScienceDirect and Springerlink databases between 2007 until 2017 were comprehensively searched EPDS and BDI instrument has sensitivity of more than 80% but findings for specificity was inconclusive. The heterogeneity across studies could be the result of methodological differences in validation of the instruments. In addition, these studies were conducted across continents and settings with different cultures, languages and resources. We have identified 5 different instruments used to screen for postpartum depression. The EPDS was the most validated instrument in the review and we found that EPDS and BDI have higher accuracy to screen postpartum depression because the sensitivity reported were more than 80%.
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spelling upm.eprints-820892021-08-26T23:48:30Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82089/ Sensitivity and specificity of screening tools for postpartum depression: a systematic review Che Abdullah, Azreena Zulkefli, Nor Afiah Mohd Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah Baharom, Anisah Ahmad, Norliza Postpartum depression is a depressive episode that can start at any point during the first year after childbirth. There are several tools that can be used for PPD screening. The need to define a predictive tool that is clinically useful and has acceptable sensitivity and sensitivity is important especially to be used in the primary care setting. This systematic review investigates the evidence of the sensitivity and specificity of screening tools used for PPD screening. The Standard for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracies (STARD) guidelines were used to conduct the review as a basis for our methodology. PubMed, ScienceDirect and Springerlink databases between 2007 until 2017 were comprehensively searched EPDS and BDI instrument has sensitivity of more than 80% but findings for specificity was inconclusive. The heterogeneity across studies could be the result of methodological differences in validation of the instruments. In addition, these studies were conducted across continents and settings with different cultures, languages and resources. We have identified 5 different instruments used to screen for postpartum depression. The EPDS was the most validated instrument in the review and we found that EPDS and BDI have higher accuracy to screen postpartum depression because the sensitivity reported were more than 80%. Persatuan Pakar Perubatan Kesihatan Awam Malaysia,Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82089/1/Sensitivity%20and%20specificity%20of%20screening%20tools%20for%20postpartum%20depression.pdf Che Abdullah, Azreena and Zulkefli, Nor Afiah Mohd and Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah and Baharom, Anisah and Ahmad, Norliza (2019) Sensitivity and specificity of screening tools for postpartum depression: a systematic review. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 19 (2). pp. 160-169. ISSN 1675-0306 http://mjphm.org/index.php/mjphm/article/view/293 10.37268/mjphm/vol.19/no.2/art.293
spellingShingle Che Abdullah, Azreena
Zulkefli, Nor Afiah Mohd
Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah
Baharom, Anisah
Ahmad, Norliza
Sensitivity and specificity of screening tools for postpartum depression: a systematic review
title Sensitivity and specificity of screening tools for postpartum depression: a systematic review
title_full Sensitivity and specificity of screening tools for postpartum depression: a systematic review
title_fullStr Sensitivity and specificity of screening tools for postpartum depression: a systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Sensitivity and specificity of screening tools for postpartum depression: a systematic review
title_short Sensitivity and specificity of screening tools for postpartum depression: a systematic review
title_sort sensitivity and specificity of screening tools for postpartum depression a systematic review
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82089/1/Sensitivity%20and%20specificity%20of%20screening%20tools%20for%20postpartum%20depression.pdf
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