The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a 10-item questionnaire that was developed to identify women who have postpartum depression. Items of the scale correspond to various clinical depression

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s, such as guilt feeling, sleep disturbance, low energy, anhedonia, and

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. Overall assessment is done by total score, which is determined by adding together the scores for each of the 10 items. Higher scores indicate more depressive symptoms. The EPDS may be used within 8 weeks postpartum and it also can be applied for depression screening during pregnancy. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is a widely used depression

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tool, which has been adapted and validated in many languages.

History

The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was first developed (1987) by Scottish health centres in Edinburgh and

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