Using the Internet to screen for postpartum depression.

Objective To examine the feasibility of using the Internet to screen for postpartum depressive symptoms. Methods A total of 142 participants completed the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale on the Internet, and these findings were compared with...

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Publicado en:Maternal & Child Health Journal Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 213 - 222
Autores principales: Le H, Perry DF, Sheng X
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2009
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          Perry DF
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          Depression, Postpartum Prevention and Control
          Health Screening Methods
          Internet
          Adult
          Coefficient alpha
          Connecticut
          Convenience Sample
          Demography
          Depression, Postpartum Epidemiology
          Depression, Postpartum Risk Factors
          Descriptive Statistics
          District of Columbia
          Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
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          Female
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          Internal Consistency
          Interviews
          Mothers
          Psychometrics
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          Research Subject Recruitment
          Scales
          Socioeconomic Factors
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          Adult: 19-44 years
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      ab: Objective To examine the feasibility of using the Internet to screen for postpartum depressive symptoms. Methods A total of 142 participants completed the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale on the Internet, and these findings were compared with those administered in-person by the authors of the PDSS (Beck and Gable) in recruitment sources, demographic characteristics, psychometric properties, and prevalence of significant postpartum depressive symptoms. Results Participants were more likely to be recruited through Internet websites than mailing sources in the Internet study, and participants in the in-person study were recruited through prenatal childbirth classes. A higher proportion of Hispanic and Asian women participated on the Internet compared to the in-person study. The PDSS had excellent internal consistencies and construct validity across Internet and in-person studies. The Internet sample also reported more risk for major postpartum depression (PPD) compared to the community sample (23% vs. 12%). Conclusions The Internet is a viable and feasible tool to screen for PPD. Implications for preventing and treating PPD on the Internet are discussed.
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