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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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“The EPDS has been validated for men demonstrating acceptable validity and high internal consistency values [36].”
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“The version for men has been more recognized as a reliable and valid measure for the detection of distress, rather than proper depression, supporting the findings by previous international studies (52, 57).”
ResultMaternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children
Miller, L. C., Neupane, S., Sparling, T. M., Shrestha, M., Joshi, N., Lohani, M., & Thorne‐Lyman, A. (2021) · Maternal and Child Nutrition · doi:10.1111/mcn.13221 · Cited by 23
“…subsequently validated for non-postnatal women (Cox et al., 1996; Matijasevich et al., 2014) and has been used in mixed populations (including men, Matthey et al., 2001) when the benefits of comparability outweigh the population-specific attributes of various screening tools (Areias et al., 1996;…”
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“In order to detect both sub‐clinical states, distress cases and/or clinical depression, a cut‐off score of ⩾8 was chosen (Matthey, Barnett, Kavanagh, & Howie, 2001 ).”
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“Originally developed for the assessment of maternal depressive symptoms in the postnatal period, the psychometric properties of the EPDS have been confirmed in populations in the pre- and postnatal period, as well as independent of gender (116, 117).”
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BackgroundMethodInfluentialA comparison of two measures to screen for emotional health difficulties during pregnancy
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“The ROC fi ndings are evidence that the MGMQ compares well to the EPDS in a screening context, with the obtained values being comparable to those reported in some EPDS validation studies (e.g. see Kozinszky & Dudas, 2015; Matthey, Barnett, Kavanagh, & Howie, 2001; Meijer et al., 2014).”
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“…increasingly used or validated with fathers, though both its factor structure and optimal screening cut-off scores are different compared to those usually found for women (e.g. Edmondson et al., 2010; Loscalzo et al., 2015; Massoudi et al., 2013; Matthey et al., 2001; Matthey & Della Vedova, 2020).”
ResultSelf-citationLa dépression périnatale paternelle
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“The symptoms are depressive or sad mood, a substantial decrease of activity, loss of interests, significant weight loss or increase, insomnia or increased somnolence, psychomotor or mental agitation, fatigue or low energy, a sense of worthlessness or guilt, poor concentration or ability to think, and recurring thought…”
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“It has also been used in different languages [20, 21].”
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“This questionnaire measures postnatal depression in women, but it has also been validated with pregnant women (Kozinszky & Dudas, 2015) and with first-time fathers (Loscalzo et al., 2015; Matthey et al., 2001, 2003), showing good sensitivity, and predictive values.”
ResultFathers’ involvement in early childcare is associated with amygdala resting-state connectivity
Horstman, L. I., Riem, M. M. E., Dijk, K. A., Lotz, A. M., & Bakermans‐Kranenburg, M. J. (2021) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nsab086 · Cited by 14
“It is widely used and well validated to detect depression in mothers during the perinatal period and has also been shown valid for the assessment of depression in fathers (Matthey et al., 2001; Edmondson et al., 2010).”
BackgroundPostnatal Sense of Security, Anxiety and Risk for Postnatal Depression
Persson, E. K. (2014) · Journal of Womens Health Issues and Care · doi:10.4172/2325-9795.1000141 · Cited by 15
“6 Procedures and measurements The questionnaire included socio-demographic variables, the EPDS instrument (1), STAI – state instrument (18) and the PPSS instrument (23).”
MethodMangialavori, S., Giannotti, M., Cacioppo, M., Spelzini, F., & Baldoni, F. (2020) · Journal of Personalized Medicine · doi:10.3390/jpm11010010 · Cited by 15
Khaled, M., Corner, G. W., Morris, A. R., Havaldar, S., Luo, E., & Saxbe, D. (2021) · Biological Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108075 · Cited by 16
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Self-citationMaxwell, A., McMahon, C. A., Huber, A., Hawkins, E., & Reay, R. E. (2020) · Frontiers in Global Women s Health · doi:10.3389/fgwh.2020.575752 · Cited by 19
“Although the EPDS was developed to screen for depression in antenatal and postnatal women, it has been validated for the assessment of mothers of preschool-aged children (66), fathers (67), and adults in the general population (68).”
MethodMarx, A. K. G., Frenzel, A. C., Fiedler, D., & Reck, C. (2024) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0302890 · Cited by 18
“Measures of Well-being and Mental/Physical Health: We used the Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS; [88,99,100]) to assess current depressive symptoms ( α = .87; ω = .90), the General Anxiety Disorder 7 questionnaire (GAD-7; [89,101]) to assess current symptoms of general anxiety ( α = .88; ω = .91),…”
MethodGyimah, L., Agyepong, I. A., Owiredu, D., Awini, E., Yevoo, L. L., Ashinyo, M. E., Aye, S. G. E. V., Abbas, S., de Chavez, A. C., Mirzoev, T. N., et al. (2024) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1321689 · Cited by 16
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“The EPDS has a sensitivity and specificity of 89.5% and 78.2%, respectively (Edmondson et al., 2010), internal consis‐ tency of .81 and split‐half reliability of .78 (Matthey et al., 2001).”
BackgroundInfluentialMacdonald, J. A., Graeme, L. G., Wynter, K. H., Cooke, D., Hutchinson, D. M., Kendall, G. E., StGeorge, J. M., Dowse, E., Francis, L. M., MCBRIDE, N. T., et al. (2020) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.081 · Cited by 14
Men's Mental Health: Fatherhood and Psychotherapy
Madsen, S. A. (2009) · The Journal of Men s Studies · doi:10.3149/jms.1701.15 · Cited by 14
Becoming Fathers: Initial Exploration of a Support Program for New Fathers
Rayburn, S. R., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2021) · The Journal of Perinatal Education · doi:10.1891/j-pe-d-20-00015 · Cited by 13
“When tested for men, the EPDS demonstrated an internal consistency of 𝛼 = 0.81, strong split-half reliability (r = 0.78), and correlates well with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (r = 0.62; Matthey et al., 2001).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialSmith, I., O’Dea, G. A., Demmer, D. H., Youssef, G. J., Craigie, G., Francis, L. M., Coles, L., D’Souza, L., Cain, K., Knight, T., et al. (2023) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.065 · Cited by 14
Pawsitively sad: pet-owners are more sensitive to negative emotion in animal distress vocalizations
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Family-Centered Primary Care for Teen Parents and Their Children
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Tavares, I. M., Fernandes, J., Moura, C. V., Nobre, P. J., & Carrito, M. L. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.688340 · Cited by 18
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“Public Health 2022, 19, 4011. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074011 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph include those in Vietnam [10]: 5 or more; England [11]: 11 or more; Saudi Arabia [12]: 9 or more; Sweden [13]: 12 or more; Australia [14]: 6 or more. and Italy [15]: 13 or more.”
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“The Edinburgh Postnatal Rating Scale, EPDS, [12] has been used not only for newly delivered mothers but for expecting fathers [24], and for menopausal women, too [5].”
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“The EDS was originally developed to measure post partum depression [39], but has later been validated in non-postnatal women [40], women around menopausal age [41], men [42] and community samples [43].”
MethodOffering Relationship Education (PREP) for Couples During Pregnancy: Self‐Selection Patterns
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ASSESSMENT OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION IN A GROUP OF CHILEAN PARENTS
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“The cutoff score is 9 for women and 7 for men [11,17,18].”
Background
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
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 33 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 21
- 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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