Validation of the Turkish version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale among women within their first postpartum year

Abstract

It was concluded that: (1) values for the validity were respectable, but not excellent; (2) the scale needs to be improved for use in the Turkish population; and (3) the high prevalence of postnatal depression found in this study may be a function of the low validity of the test.

One year follow-up of post-partum-onset depression: the role of depressive symptom severity and personality disorders

“…EPDS [19,20] is a 10-item self-rating scale used to screen for PPD in women. Each item is assessed by points from 0 to 3, and higher points reflect higher intensity of depressive symptoms.…”

Maternal mortality trends in Australia

“…Here the end point would be a quality adjusted life year or a disability adjusted life year 49 . A cost utility analysis would measure the efficiency of a perinatal 48 For example-the cost of the assessment program minus perinatal case costs incurred divided by incident cases of suicide avoided.…”

“…A cost utility analysis would measure the efficiency of a perinatal 48 For example-the cost of the assessment program minus perinatal case costs incurred divided by incident cases of suicide avoided. 49 A quality adjusted life year (QALY) weight is a metric in which perfect health = 1 and death = 0; a disability adjusted life year (DALY) weight is a metric where perfect health = 0 and death = 1. program with reference to the cost of a quality adjusted life year gained or a disability adjusted life year avoided.…”

Psychosocial risk factors and screening options for perinatal psychopathologies

“…EPDS validations seemed to work well in some cultures, e.g. the UK (Murray and Cox, 1990), Lithuania (Bunevicius et al, 2009), Malta (Felice et al, 2006), or Nigeria (Adewuya et al, 2006), while not so well in some others, such as Thailand (Pitanupong et al, 2007) or Turkey (Aydin et al, 2004). Even if we consider our translation as more or less conveying the same meaning as the original questionnaire, cultural differences (differences in illness behaviour, etc.)…”

“…The increasing number of validation studies in various languages and cultural contexts (Aydin et al, 2004) may highlight the need for modifying or adding further items. The psychometric properties of the EPDS in a previous, postpartum validation study (Nagy et al, 2011) in a Hungarian sample also appeared to be acceptable but not excellent, suggesting the same.…”