2007
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2007001100005
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Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) for screening and diagnosis of postpartum depression. Three months after delivery, EPDS was administered to 378 mothers from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Up to 15 days later, mothers were re-interviewed by mental health care professionals using a semi-structured interview based on ICD-10 (gold standard). We calculated the sensitivity and specificity of each cutoff point, and values wer… Show more

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“…(15,16) Although studies have shown the ≥10 cut-off point of the EPDS as the best to detect PPD in public health services, we found only two studies adopting this recommendation, both of which showed a prevalence (26.9%) lower than that found in this study. (17,18) The prevalence of depressive symptomatology found in national studies that adopted cutoff points of 11/12 in the EPDS reveals indices between 28% and 39.4%, which is a reality closer to that found among the puerperal women investigated in this study. (3,19) PPD data on the national scene are alarming.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 80%
“…(15,16) Although studies have shown the ≥10 cut-off point of the EPDS as the best to detect PPD in public health services, we found only two studies adopting this recommendation, both of which showed a prevalence (26.9%) lower than that found in this study. (17,18) The prevalence of depressive symptomatology found in national studies that adopted cutoff points of 11/12 in the EPDS reveals indices between 28% and 39.4%, which is a reality closer to that found among the puerperal women investigated in this study. (3,19) PPD data on the national scene are alarming.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 80%
“…Originally written in English, it was first applied to a population in the United States (16) , and currently it is been being used in research in several countries worldwide (9)(10)16) . The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, translated into Portuguese (17) and French (18) , is used to identify postpartum depression. It consists of a scale containing 10 self-administered affirmatives with four options of responses ranging between zero and three points and a total sum between zero and 30 points.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A validade psicométrica da EPDS é ponderada com diferentes pontos de corte. Neste estudo, as mulheres foram consideradas deprimidas quando apresentaram escores ≥ 13, pontuação que apresentou 63,6% de sensibilidade, 98,9% de especifi cidade, 94,0% de valor preditivo positivo e 88,0% de valor preditivo negativo na validação brasileira 12 .…”
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