Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

{{Short description|10-item questionnaire}}

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The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a 10-item questionnaire that was developed to identify women who have postpartum depression.{{cite journal |author1=Cox J.L. |author2=Holden J.M. |author3=Sagovsky R. | year = 1987 | title = Detection of postnatal depression: development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale | journal = Br J Psychiatry | volume = 150 | pages = 782–6 | pmid = 3651732 | doi=10.1192/bjp.150.6.782|s2cid=13841634 }} Items of the scale correspond to various clinical depression symptoms, such as guilt feeling, sleep disturbance, low energy, anhedonia, and suicidal ideation. Overall assessment is done by total score, which is determined by adding together the scores for each of the 10 items. Higher scores indicate more depressive symptoms.{{cite journal |author1=Cox J.L. |author2=Holden J.M. |author3=Sagovsky R. | year = 1987 | title = Detection of postnatal depression: development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale | journal = Br J Psychiatry | volume = 150 | pages = 782–6 | pmid = 3651732 | doi=10.1192/bjp.150.6.782|s2cid=13841634 }}

The EPDS may be used within 8 weeks postpartum and it also can be applied for depression screening during pregnancy.{{cite journal |author1=Bergink V, Kooistra L |author2=Lambregtse-van, den Berg MP |author3=Wijnen H |author4=Bunevicius R |author5=van Baar A |author6=Pop V | date = Apr 2011 | title = Validation of the Edinburgh Depression Scale during pregnancy | journal = J Psychosom Res | volume = 70 | issue = 4| pages = 385–9 | doi = 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.07.008 | pmid = 21414460 }}

The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is a widely used depression screening tool, which has been adapted and validated in many languages.{{cite journal |vauthors=Garcia-Esteve L, Ascaso C, Ojuel J, Navarro P | date = Jun 2003 | title = Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in Spanish mothers | journal = J Affect Disord | volume = 75 | issue = 1| pages = 71–6 | pmid = 12781353 | doi=10.1016/s0165-0327(02)00020-4}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Bergant AM, Nguyen T, Heim K, Ulmer H, Dapunt O | date = Jan 1998 | title = German language version and validation of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale | journal = Dtsch Med Wochenschr | volume = 123 | issue = 3| pages = 35–40 | doi = 10.1055/s-2007-1023895 | pmid = 9472218 | s2cid = 58227985 }}{{cite journal |vauthors=Vivilaki VG, Dafermos V, Kogevinas M, Bitsios P, Lionis C | date = Sep 2009 | title = The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: translation and validation for a Greek sample | journal = BMC Public Health | volume = 9 | page = 329 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2458-9-329 | pmid = 19740443 | pmc=2748079 | doi-access = free }}