Journal article
Using the EPDS to Identify Anxiety in Mothers of Infants on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Clinical nursing research, Vol.28(4), pp.473-487
05/2019
DOI: 10.1177/1054773817740532
PMID: 29103314
Abstract
Despite the prevalence of postpartum depression and anxiety, current screening recommendations are limited to depression symptoms. Screening using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale (EPDS-A) may enhance ability to detect distress in postpartum women. We aimed to replicate the EPDS-A in 200 mothers with infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and examine its incremental utility in identifying emotional distress. Presence of the EPDS-A was identified using exploratory factor analysis. Women experiencing elevated anxiety were identified using a previously established cutoff score. Results replicated the EPDS-A for the first time in mothers with infants hospitalized in the NICU. In all, 21.9% of these women had elevated anxiety symptoms and nearly one quarter of them would have been missed in routine depression screening. Use of the EPDS-A, in addition to the total EPDS score, is a promising approach to identifying anxious women in need of further evaluation, treatment, or support.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Using the EPDS to Identify Anxiety in Mothers of Infants on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Creators
- Sara M Stasik-O'Brien - 1 Knox College, Galesburg, IL, USAJennifer E McCabe-Beane - 3 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USALisa S Segre - 3 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical nursing research, Vol.28(4), pp.473-487
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1177/1054773817740532
- PMID
- 29103314
- ISSN
- 1054-7738
- eISSN
- 1552-3799
- Grant note
- K23 MH075964 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2019
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984064294702771
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