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Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for men, and comparison of item endorsement with their partners
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Background The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) has been validated and used extensively in screening for depression in new mothers, both in English speaking and non-English speaking communities. While some studies have reported the use of the EPDS with fathers, none have validated it for this group, and thus the appropriate cut-off score for screening for depression or anxiety caseness for this population is not known.Methods Couples were recruited antenatally and interviewed at six weeks postpartum. EPDS scores and distress caseness (depression or anxiety disorders) for 208 fathers and 230 mothers were determined using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule.Results Analyses of the EPDS for fathers using distress caseness (depression or anxiety disorders) as the criterion shows that a cut-off of 5/6 has optimum receiver operating characteristics. Furthermore acceptable reliability (split-half and internal consistency) and validity (concurrent) coefficients were obtained. For mothers the optimum cut-off screening value to detect distress caseness was 7/8. Item analysis revealed that fathers endorsed seven of the ten items at lower rates to mothers, with the most significant being that referring to crying.Conclusions The EPDS is a reliable and valid measure of mood in fathers. Screening for depression or anxiety disorders in fathers requires a two point lower cut-off than screening for depression or anxiety in mothers, and we recommend this cut-off to be 5/6.
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“Although the EPDS is known to be a reliable and valid way of measuring mood in men today (Matthey et al. 2001), during this study the EPDS was not sufficiently validated for men (Areas et al 1996).”
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“sion [20], but has now been validated in non-postnatal women [21], women around menopausal age [22], men [23], community samples [24] and primary care patients”
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“The findings of this and other studies (Massoudi et al., 2013; Matthey et al., 2001) suggest further research to develop screening of new fathers with both EPDS and GMDS, or a questionnaire based on the combined scales, in order to increase the detection of distress and depression.”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialRisk factors of paternal depression in the early postnatal period in Japan
Nishimura, A., & Ohashi, K. (2010) · Nursing and Health Sciences · doi:10.1111/j.1442-2018.2010.00513.x · Cited by 108
“Recently, the EPDS has been validated for use with Australian men, using a different cut-off score (5/6) from that (7/8) used for women (Matthey et al., 2001).”
MethodAn integrative review of paternal depression
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A review of mental health problems in fathers following the birth of a child
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“In the present study, we used the original threshold of 9 or more to identify probable cases of minor and major depression in fathers (Matthey et al. 2001).”
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“The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; 24) is a well-validated and widely used scale that has also been validated in men [25].”
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Addressing depression and anxiety among new fathers
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Paternal postpartum depression: how can nurses begin to help?
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“Testing the scale for reliability and validity with men, Matthey et al. (2001) determined that a signifi cant number of fathers did not endorse crying after childbirth.”
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“Although originally designed to screen for depressive symptoms in new mothers, the EPDS has also been used with fathers and its validity has been supported in several populations (Edmondson et al., 2010; Loscalzo et al., 2015; Massoudi et al., 2013; Matthey et al., 2001; Tran et al., 2012).”
MethodDads Get Sad Too: Depressive Symptoms and Associated Factors in Expectant First-Time Fathers
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“However, the EDS is the most widely used tool to assess depressive symptoms in parents during the perinatal period and has been reported to be a reliable and valid measure for use with expectant and new fathers (Edmondson et al., 2010; Matthey et al., 2001).”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialFactors related to depression during pregnancy: are there gender differences?
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BackgroundMethodInfluentialPsychological Health of Men with Partners who have Post-Partum Depression
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Metadata
- Authors
- Matthey, S., Barnett, B., Kavanagh, D. J., & Howie, P.
- Affiliations
- Sydney South West Area Health Service (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Matthey, Stephen
- Venue
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-05
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 2-3
- Pages
- 175-184
- ISSN
- 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2010925715
- Cited by
- 516
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 5.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, paternal depression, postpartum depression screening, fathers, mothers, cut-off values, screening validity, screening reliability, couples, crying
- MeSH terms
- Culture, Depressive Disorder, Fathers, Female, Humans, Male, Mothers, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sensitivity and Specificity, Severity of Illness Index, Reproducibility of Results, Depression, Postpartum
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