Korean J Obstet Gynecol.  2009 Nov;52(11):1133-1143.

A study on agreements among screening tests and related factors with postpartum depression

• Kim MW
• Yang HS
• Kim JR

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
This study was performed to assess agreements among screening tests, to estimate prevalence, and to identify related factors with postpartum depression.
METHODS
For 323 women at 7 days postpartum, self-administered questionnaires were given including postpartum depression screening test such as EPDS, QIDS-SR16, BDI and questionnaires for their demographic and psycho-social information. Obstetric information were collected from medical records. Simultaneous positive cases in EPDS and BDI were defined as gold standard and used to estimate the prevalence of postpartum depression and agreements between 3 kind of screening test and gold standard. Related factors of postpartum depression were analysed by using SPSS.
RESULTS
The prevalence of postpartum depression was 19.8% and the Kappa indices were 0.711 in BDI, 0.803 in EPDS, and 0.395 in QIDS-SR16. Feeding method, smoking history, antenatal anxiety/depression symptoms, residence status, marital satisfaction, relationship with husband's parents, and postpartum care method in univariate analysis and premature delivery (odds ratio: 2.9), formulated feeding (odds ratio: 3.8), marital dissatisfaction (odds ratio: 4.3), professional husband's occupation (odds ratio: 4.4), and antenatal anxiety/ depression symptoms (odds ratio: 4.4) in the logistic regression analysis were significantly related to postpartum depression (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
Simultaneous test of BDI and EPDS was effective to evaluate postpartum depression prevalence at 1-week postpartum and highly agree with EPDS. Significant related factors were defined and further prospective community-based studies are warranted.

Keyword

BDI; EPDS; QIDS; Postpartum depression; Related factors

MeSH Terms

Depression
Depression, Postpartum
Feeding Methods
Female
Humans
Logistic Models
Marital Status
Mass Screening
Medical Records
Occupations
Parents
Postnatal Care
Postpartum Period
Prevalence
Surveys and Questionnaire
Smoke
Smoking
Smoke