The early detection of postpartum depression: midwives and nurses trial a checklist Hanna, Barbara, Jarman, Heather, Savage, Sally and Layton, Kim 2004, The early detection of postpartum depression: midwives and nurses trial a checklist, Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 191-197, doi: 10.1177/0884217504262972. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The early detection of postpartum depression: midwives and nurses trial a checklist Author(s) Hanna, Barbara Jarman, Heather Savage, Sally Layton, Kim Journal name Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing Volume number 33 Issue number 2 Start page 191 End page 197 Publisher Sage Publications Place of publication Philadelphia, Pa. Publication date 2004-03 ISSN 0884-2175 Keyword(s) postnatal depression postpartum pregnancy tools maternal and child health midwives nurses Summary Objective: To evaluate the use of a standard pen-and-paper test versus the use of a checklist for the early identification of women at risk of postpartum depression and to investigate the experiences of nurses in using the checklist. Design: A prospective cohort design using repeated measures. Setting: The booking-in prenatal clinic at a regional hospital in Victoria, Australia, and the community-based postpartum maternal and child health service. Participants: 107 pregnant women over 20 years of age. Main Measures: Postpartum Depression Prediction Inventory (PDPI), Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), demographic questionnaire, and data on the outcome from the midwives and nurses. Results: The PDPI identified 45% of the women at risk of depression during pregnancy and 30% postpartum. The PDSS and EPDS both identified the same 8 women (10%), who scored highly for depression at the 8-week postpartum health visit. Nurses provided 80% of the women with anticipatory guidance on postpartum depression in the prenatal period and 46% of women at the 8-week postpartum health visit. Nurse counseling or anticipatory guidance was provided for 60% of the women in the prenatal period. Conclusion: The PDPI was found to be a valuable checklist by many nurses involved in this research, particularly as a way of initiating open discussion with women about postpartum depression. It correlated strongly with both the PDSS and the EPDS, suggesting that it is useful as an inventory to identify women at risk of postpartum depression. Language eng DOI 10.1177/0884217504262972 Field of Research 111006 Midwifery HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2004, Sage Publications Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002578 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Related Links Link Description Connected to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 15 Jan 2009, 10:15:35 EST Mon, 02 Aug 2010, 11:19:02 EST Tue, 04 Jun 2013, 11:09:15 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 08:15:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 25 times in TR Web of Science Cited 26 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 939 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:28:39 EST