The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 186(7), 420-424
A community-based sample of 107 women completed the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale at 14 weeks postpartum and at 30 weeks postpartum. The point prevalence of anxiety was 8.7% at 14 weeks and 16.8% at 30 weeks postpartum. The point prevalence of depression was 23.3% at 14 weeks and 18.7% at 30 weeks postpartum. The incidence of anxiety during this time period was 10.28%, and the incidence of depression was 7.48%, indicating high incidences of both postpartum anxiety and depression later in the postpartum period. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was found to have a strong correlation with the State Anxiety Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (r = .73 at 14 weeks, r = .82 at 30 weeks), suggesting that the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale may be a good screening instrument for anxiety as well as depression.
Stuart, S., Couser, G., Schilder, K. K., O'Hara, M. W., & Gorman, L. (1998). Postpartum anxiety and depression: onset and comorbidity in a community sample. *The Journal of nervous and mental disease*, *186*(7), 420-424. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-199807000-00006
Stuart S, Couser G, Schilder KK, O'Hara MW, Gorman L. Postpartum anxiety and depression: onset and comorbidity in a community sample. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1998;186(7):420-424. doi:10.1097/00005053-199807000-00006
Stuart, Scott, et al. "Postpartum anxiety and depression: onset and comorbidity in a community sample." *The Journal of nervous and mental disease*, vol. 186, no. 7, 1998, pp. 420-424.
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