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The Pregnancy Depression Scale (PDS): a screening tool for depression in pregnancy

Overview of attention for article published in Archives of Women's Mental Health, June 2008
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Title
The Pregnancy Depression Scale (PDS): a screening tool for depression in pregnancy
Published in
Archives of Women's Mental Health, June 2008
DOI 10.1007/s00737-008-0020-y
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Authors

Lori L. Altshuler, Lee S. Cohen, Allison F. Vitonis, Stephen V. Faraone, Bernard L. Harlow, Rita Suri, Richard Frieder, Zachary N. Stowe

Abstract

Depression in pregnancy can be underdiagnosed as a consequence of the symptoms being misattributed to "normal pregnancy." There are currently no validated clinician-rated scales that assess for depression specifically during pregnancy. We sought to develop a brief, convenient screening tool to identify depression in pregnant women in the community setting. Prospective mood data using the 28-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) were collected monthly in 196 pregnant women with a history of a major depressive disorder. These data were analyzed to delineate those HDRS items associated (elevated) with normal pregnancy vs. those indicative of a pregnant woman meeting diagnostic criteria for a major depressive episode. Endorsement of symptoms on seven items of the HDRS were highly predictive of having a major depressive episode during pregnancy. We present a well-validated, brief scale to screen pregnant women for clinical depression. Whether this study will generalize to women who do not have a history of major depression remains to be studied.

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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 69 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 1%
Italy 1 1%
South Africa 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
Unknown 65 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 12 17%
Other 9 13%
Professor 6 9%
Researcher 6 9%
Student > Bachelor 6 9%
Other 18 26%
Unknown 12 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 30%
Psychology 18 26%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 7%
Neuroscience 4 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 3%
Other 6 9%
Unknown 13 19%
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#15,240,835
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Outputs from Archives of Women's Mental Health
#694
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#69,848
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Outputs of similar age from Archives of Women's Mental Health
#4
of 6 outputs
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