A quantitative comparison of two measures of postpartum depression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies investigating the prevalence and risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD) have used different definitions. Some studies have used a high score on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) to define PPD, whereas others have used information on antidepressant medication use and/or diagnostic information on treatment for depression at a psychiatric hospital. We wanted to compare results using these two approaches to evaluate to what degree results can be compared. Moreover we wanted to evaluate, whether use of EPDS or PPAT (defined below) leads to identification of different risk factor profiles.

Methods

We identified women who delivered a child between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2016 in Copenhagen or in one of the municipalities that were part

SUBMITTER: Holm DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8933929 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature