A Study of the Critical Value of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in Delivery Women in Urban Areas in Guang-zhou
DENG Ai-wen
XIONG Ri-bo
JIANG Ting-ting
LUO Ying-ping
WEI Dong
Abstract：Objective To explore the critical value of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) in primary screening of postpartum depression (PPD) in delivery women in urban areas in Guangzhou. Methods A total of 1428 delivery women in three hospitals from May 1 to September 30, 2013 in Tianhe district in Guangzhou were detected with the Chinese ver-sion of EPDS on postpartum 3rd -7th d. At the same time, Beck depression inventory (BDI) was adopted as reference standard. The sensitivity, specificity and Youden indexes of all critical values in EPDS were calculated, and receiver operating curve (ROC) of the subject were drawn up, and then area under curve was also calculated. Results Based on the BDI standard, 293 delivery women had PPD (20. 52% ), in which 163 women were mild, 98 women were moderate and 32 women were severe. The critical values of EPDS in screening of PPD in urban areas in Guangzhou were as follows 10 - 12 score was mild PPD, 13 - 15 score was moderate PPD and the score higher than 16 was severe PPD by ROC detection. Conclusion It's necessary to establish critical values of PPD, which can fit in economic and living condition in every city and to improve the accuracy of the screening and diagnosis of PPD.
Keywords：Edinburg postnatal depression scaleDepressionpostpartumCritical valueGuangzhou
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 101-104 )