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A comparison of the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS) with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

Abstract:

The reliability and validity of the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS) was determined and compared with the Edinburgh Depression Screening Scale (EPDS), and a structured clinical interview, on a sample of 60 New Zealand women of European origin. Even though the sample was small the PDSS had good validity when compared with the EPDS, and the structured clinical interview. Additionally the result compared well with larger studies undertaken in the USA. Both the PDSS and EPDS are reliable and valid screening tools for New Zealand women of European origin. The use of the PDSS by mental health clinicians and the EPDS or short version PDSS by midwives is supported.

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depression scale, postnatal depression, Postpartum depression