Antenatal screening timeline and cutoff scores of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for predicting postpartum depressive symptoms in healthy women: a prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Akiko Tanuma-Takahashi (Author), Tomohiro Tanemoto (Author), Chie Nagata (Author), Ryo Yokomizo (Author), Akiko Konishi (Author), Kenji Takehara (Author), Tetsuo Ishikawa (Author), Nozomu Yanaihara (Author), Osamu Samura (Author), Aikou Okamoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background It is worthwhile to identify women at risk of developing postpartum depression during pregnancy. This study aimed to determine the optimal time and cutoff score for antenatal screening for prediction of postpartum depressive symptoms (PDS) using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression...