Colin R. Martin
Screening for antenatal depression (AND) using self-report questionnaires: Conceptual issues and measurement limitations
Martin, Colin R.; Hollins Martin, Caroline J.
Authors
Prof Caroline Hollins-Martin C.HollinsMartin@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Contributors
Colin R. Martin
Editor
Lan-Anh Hunter
Editor
Vinood B. Patel
Editor
Victor R. Preedy
Editor
Rajkumar Rajendram
Editor
Abstract
Screening for antenatal depression (AND) is clinically important, with any form of depression impacting upon women’s relationships with her partner and infant postpartum. Surprisingly, screening for AND has received relatively little attention, compared with screening for postnatal depression (PND). Nonetheless, research-informed observations indicate that the impact of AND can be as significant as PND. Screening for AND can be readily undertaken using short self-report questionnaires, which have known validity characteristics and harmonized threshold cut-off scores. Contemporary practice in the UK involves an initial short two-question screening (Whooley Questions), which if post-completion indicates depression may be present, a further short 10-item depression inventory is issued (e.g., EPDS or PHQ-9). Although this system is highly effective for initial recognition of possible depression, a number of conceptual and pragmatic issues are important when applying these measures in everyday clinical practice.
Citation
Martin, C. R., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2021). Screening for antenatal depression (AND) using self-report questionnaires: Conceptual issues and measurement limitations. In C. R. Martin, L. Hunter, V. B. Patel, V. R. Preedy, & R. Rajendram (Eds.), The Neuroscience of Depression: Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment (195-203). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-817933-8.00090-6
Online Publication Date | Mar 19, 2021 |
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Publication Date | 2021 |
Deposit Date | Mar 21, 2023 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 195-203 |
Book Title | The Neuroscience of Depression: Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment |
ISBN | 9780128179338 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-817933-8.00090-6 |
Keywords | Antenatal depression, Screening, Self-report, Sensitivity, Specificity, EPDS, PHQ-9 |
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