PMID- 17826704

OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071101
LR - 20181201
IS - 1542-2011 (Electronic)
IS - 1526-9523 (Linking)
VI - 52
IP - 5
DP - 2007 Sep-Oct
TI - Use of the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale in a collaborative obstetric

practice.
PG - 429-34
AB - Postpartum depression is a clinical depressive episode that occurs in 13% to
20%
of women after birth or miscarriage. This illness has potentially devastating

consequences for both mother and infant, and is thought to be highly

underreported and under-diagnosed. Our study examined the use of the
Postpartum
Depression Screening Scale (PDSS) in a high-volume collaborative obstetric
and
midwifery practice. The prevalence of women with a positive screen for major
postpartum depression in our study was 16%, which is consistent with other
studies. An additional 20% of the participants had symptoms that indicated a
potential postpartum depression. Obstetric clinicians were willing to use the

PDSS, and 15 of 20 clinicians actively participated in the study. Women who

had a
positive screen at 6 weeks after birth were more likely to have not completed
a
high school education, be unpartnered, be exclusively bottle feeding, and
have a
history of depression. Two variables were statistically significant
predictors of
screening positively with the PDSS following logistic regression: history of
depression (risk ratio, 4.8; 95% confidence interval, 4.4-5.2) and exclusive
bottle feeding (risk ratio, 2.0; 95% confidence interval, 1.6-2.4).
FAU - Mancini, Felicia
AU - Mancini F
AD - University Midwifery Associates, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
manfeli@msn.com <manfeli@msn.com>
FAU - Carlson, Cristina
AU - Carlson C
FAU - Albers, Leah
AU - Albers L
LA - eng
PT - Journal Article
PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL - United States
TA - J Midwifery Womens Health
JT - Journal of midwifery & women's health
JID - 100909407
SB - IM
MH - Adolescent
MH - Adult
MH - Age Distribution
MH - Attitude of Health Personnel
MH - Comorbidity
MH - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH - Depression/epidemiology
MH - Depression, Postpartum/*diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH - Female
MH - Humans
MH - Logistic Models
MH - Mass Screening/instrumentation/*statistics & numerical data
MH - Midwifery/organization & administration/*statistics & numerical data
MH - New Mexico/epidemiology
MH - Obstetrics/organization & administration/*statistics & numerical data
MH - Patient Care Team/*statistics & numerical data
MH - Pregnancy
MH - Prevalence
MH - Risk Factors
MH - Socioeconomic Factors
EDAT- 2007/09/11 09:00
MHDA- 2007/11/02 09:00
CRDT- 2007/09/11 09:00
PHST- 2007/09/11 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/11/02 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/09/11 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S1526-9523(07)00093-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jmwh.2007.03.007 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO - J Midwifery Womens Health. 2007 Sep-Oct;52(5):429-34. doi:
10.1016/j.jmwh.2007.03.007.