Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of EPDS and BDI-II as a screening tool for antenatal depression: evidence from Qatar
Objectives The current study aimed to validate and determine the psychometric properties of the Arabic versions of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in Qatar.Design A cross-sectional study design was employed.Setting Antenatal care (ANC) cl...
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| description | Objectives The current study aimed to validate and determine the psychometric properties of the Arabic versions of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in Qatar.Design A cross-sectional study design was employed.Setting Antenatal care (ANC) clinics at nine primary healthcare centres.Participants Pregnant women (n=128) aged 15–46 years in different trimesters of pregnancy, attending the ANC clinics as well as capable of reading and writing in the Arabic language.Results A total of 128 participants were enrolled. On conducting the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, the EPDS showed a larger area under the curve at 0.951 than the BDI-II tool (0.912). Using Youden’s index, a score >13 on the EPDS (87% sensitivity, 90% specificity) and >19 on the BDI-II (96% sensitivity, 73% specificity) allowed for the greatest division between depressed and non-depressed participants.Conclusion To address the under-recognition of antenatal depression, physicians at primary healthcare centres in Qatar should be encouraged to utilise the EPDS to screen pregnant women seeking ANC services. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ef4cc76c32f4e73a1412d823ab980722025-08-20T01:54:16ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552019-09-019910.1136/bmjopen-2019-030365Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of EPDS and BDI-II as a screening tool for antenatal depression: evidence from QatarSarah Naja0Noora Al-Kubaisi1Mohamad Chehab2Nada Abuhashem3Iheb Bougmiza41 Community Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar2 Community Medicine, Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha, Qatar1 Community Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar3 Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar2 Community Medicine, Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha, QatarObjectives The current study aimed to validate and determine the psychometric properties of the Arabic versions of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in Qatar.Design A cross-sectional study design was employed.Setting Antenatal care (ANC) clinics at nine primary healthcare centres.Participants Pregnant women (n=128) aged 15–46 years in different trimesters of pregnancy, attending the ANC clinics as well as capable of reading and writing in the Arabic language.Results A total of 128 participants were enrolled. On conducting the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, the EPDS showed a larger area under the curve at 0.951 than the BDI-II tool (0.912). Using Youden’s index, a score >13 on the EPDS (87% sensitivity, 90% specificity) and >19 on the BDI-II (96% sensitivity, 73% specificity) allowed for the greatest division between depressed and non-depressed participants.Conclusion To address the under-recognition of antenatal depression, physicians at primary healthcare centres in Qatar should be encouraged to utilise the EPDS to screen pregnant women seeking ANC services.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e030365.full |
| spellingShingle | Sarah Naja Noora Al-Kubaisi Mohamad Chehab Nada Abuhashem Iheb Bougmiza Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of EPDS and BDI-II as a screening tool for antenatal depression: evidence from Qatar BMJ Open |
| title | Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of EPDS and BDI-II as a screening tool for antenatal depression: evidence from Qatar |
| title_full | Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of EPDS and BDI-II as a screening tool for antenatal depression: evidence from Qatar |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of EPDS and BDI-II as a screening tool for antenatal depression: evidence from Qatar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of EPDS and BDI-II as a screening tool for antenatal depression: evidence from Qatar |
| title_short | Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of EPDS and BDI-II as a screening tool for antenatal depression: evidence from Qatar |
| title_sort | psychometric properties of the arabic version of epds and bdi ii as a screening tool for antenatal depression evidence from qatar |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e030365.full |
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