Detecting perinatal common mental disorders in Ethiopia: Validation of the self-reporting questionnaire and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Journal of Affective DisordersPublished 6 December 2007
Charlotte Hanlon, Girmay Medhin, Atalay Alem, Mesfin Araya, Abdulreshid Abdulahi, Marcus Hughes
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The SRQ-20 was superior to EPDS across all domains for evaluating cultural equivalence and showed validity as a dimensional measure of perinatal CMD in this rural, low-income setting.
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EPDS demonstrated limited clinical utility as a screen for perinatal CMD in this rural, low-income setting. The SRQ-20 was superior to EPDS across all domains for evaluating cultural equivalence and showed validity as a dimensional measure of perinatal CMD.
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