A proposal for a new Brazilian six-item version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

Abstract Introduction: Factor analysis of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) could result in a shorter and easier to handle screening tool. Therefore, the aim of this study was to check and compare the metrics of two different 6-item EPDS subscales. Methods: We administered the EPDS t...

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Main Authors: Maicon Rodrigues Albuquerque, Humberto Corrêa, Tiago Castro e Couto, Wallace Santos, Marco Aurelio Romano-Silva, Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892017000100029&lng=en&tlng=en