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Postpartum Depression Screening at Well-Child Visits: Validity of a 2-Question Screen and the PHQ-9 |
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| Authors: | Dwenda Gjerdingen Scott Crow Patricia McGovern Michael Miner Bruce Center |
| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota;2.Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota;3.School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Abstract: | PURPOSE Postpartum depression affects up to 22% of women who have recently given birth. Most mothers are not screened for this condition, and an ideal screening tool has not been identified. This study investigated (1) the validity of a 2-question screen and the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) for identifying postpartum depression and (2) the feasibility of screening for postpartum depression during well-child visits. |
| Keywords: | Depression postnatal depression postnatal care postpartum period screening postpartum depression preventive health services PHQ-9 primary care practice-based research |