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Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
Source: Government of Western AustraliaFormat: PDFAnnotation: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was developed for screening postpartum women in outpatient, home visiting settings, or at the six-to-eight-week postpartum examination. It has been utilized among numerous populations, including U.S. women and Spanish-speaking women in other countries. This resource was identified by the NIH Disaster Research Response Program (DR2) for researchers looking for pre- and post-disaster data collection instruments.
Ease of Use in Disaster Setting: Easy
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level: Grade 4.6
Population: High Risk/Special/Unique Population
Length: 10 questions
Time to Complete: Five minutes or less
Administered by: Self Administered/Self Report
Language(s): English, Arabic, Afaan Oromo, Chinese, Amharic, Dutch, Czech, French, Farsi/Persian, German, Filipino/Tagalog, Igbo, Greek, Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, Hindi, Malay, Indonesian, Maltese, Khmer/Cambodian, Norwegian, Korean, Portuguese, Macedonian, Punjabi, Myanmar/Burmese, South Africa English, Serbian, Spanish, Slovenian, Swedish, Somali, Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese, and Urdu
For more information on translations, see "Using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS): Translated into languages other than English."
Institution: Government of Western Australia
Web: http://kemh.health.wa.gov.au/health_professionals/WHCSU/resources.php. Scroll down....[See more] [See less]Type: Guideline/Assessment ToolAccess Notes: Free/Publicly Available
Citation(s):
Oni O, Harville EW, Xiong X, Buekens P. Impact of coping styles on posttraumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms among pregnant women exposed to Hurricane Katrina. Am J Disaster Med. 2012 Summer;7(3):199-209. PubMed PMID: 23140063. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23140063. Subscription required.
Cox JL, Holden JM, Sagovsky R. Detection of postnatal depression. Development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Br J Psychiatry. 1987 Jun;150:782-6. PubMed PMID: 3651732. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3651732. Subscription required.
Eberhard-Gran M, Eskild A, Tambs K, Opjordsmoen S, Samuelsen SO. Review of validation studies of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2001 Oct;104(4):243-9. PubMed PMID: 11722298. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11722298. Subscription required.
Wisner KL, Parry BL, Piontek CM. Clinical practice. Postpartum depression. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 18;347(3):194-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 12124409. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12124409. Subscription required.
Users may reproduce this scale without further permission providing they respect the copyright (which remains with the British Journal of Psychiatry), quote the names of the authors, and include the title and the source of the paper in all reproduced copies. Use the following citation to give proper credit for use of this tool: Cox, J.L., Holden, J.M. and Sagovsky, R. (1987). Detection of postnatal depression: Development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. British Journal of Psychiatry, 150, 782-786.
For more information:
Institution: Elliot Hospital
Web: http://www.elliothospital.org/website/downloads/EPDSw_self-referralcriteria.pdf
Institution: New Jersey Department of Health
Web: http://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/maternalchild/mentalhealth/professionals/
Web: http://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/maternalchild/documents/PPD-Edinburgh-Scale.pdf
Institution: University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education and Research
Web: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/about/locations/ucsf-fresno-medical-education-research-programIncludes Research Tools: Yes.ID: 8065. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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