TY - JOUR T1 - An antenatal index predicted postpartum depression with high sensitivity and moderate specificity JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 58 LP - 58 DO - 10.1136/ebn.4.2.58 VL - 4 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2001/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/4/2/58.abstract N2 - Nielsen Forman D, Videbech P, Hedegaard M, et al.Postpartum depression: identification of women at risk.BJOG2000 Oct;107:1210–7OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed QUESTION: Are there demographic, perinatal, and psychosocial risk factors that can be used to develop a predictive index for postpartum depression? 2 cohort studies: 1 to identify the predictors (derivation cohort) and 1 to validate their predictive ability (validation cohort).Antenatal care clinic and delivery ward in a university hospital in Denmark.6790 Danish speaking women (mean age 30 y) who attended an antenatal programme for a second trimester examination and who gave birth between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1995 formed the derivation cohort. 528 women enrolled in the antenatal programme in the 4 months immediately before and after the study period formed the validation cohort.2 predictive indices were considered: 1 index involving only antenatal risk factors, and the other involving both … ER -