Factor Structure of the Japanese Version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the Postpartum Period

BACKGROUND: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a widely used screening tool for postpartum depression (PPD). Although the reliability and validity of EPDS in Japanese has been confirmed and the prevalence of PPD is found to be about the same as Western countries, the factor structure...

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Autores principales: Kubota, Chika, Okada, Takashi, Aleksic, Branko, Nakamura, Yukako, Kunimoto, Shohko, Morikawa, Mako, Shiino, Tomoko, Tamaji, Ai, Ohoka, Harue, Banno, Naomi, Morita, Tokiko, Murase, Satomi, Goto, Setsuko, Kanai, Atsuko, Masuda, Tomoko, Ando, Masahiko, Ozaki, Norio
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4121230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25089523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103941
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author Kubota, Chika
Okada, Takashi
Aleksic, Branko
Nakamura, Yukako
Kunimoto, Shohko
Morikawa, Mako
Shiino, Tomoko
Tamaji, Ai
Ohoka, Harue
Banno, Naomi
Morita, Tokiko
Murase, Satomi
Goto, Setsuko
Kanai, Atsuko
Masuda, Tomoko
Ando, Masahiko
Ozaki, Norio
author_facet Kubota, Chika
Okada, Takashi
Aleksic, Branko
Nakamura, Yukako
Kunimoto, Shohko
Morikawa, Mako
Shiino, Tomoko
Tamaji, Ai
Ohoka, Harue
Banno, Naomi
Morita, Tokiko
Murase, Satomi
Goto, Setsuko
Kanai, Atsuko
Masuda, Tomoko
Ando, Masahiko
Ozaki, Norio
author_sort Kubota, Chika
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description BACKGROUND: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a widely used screening tool for postpartum depression (PPD). Although the reliability and validity of EPDS in Japanese has been confirmed and the prevalence of PPD is found to be about the same as Western countries, the factor structure of the Japanese version of EPDS has not been elucidated yet. METHODS: 690 Japanese mothers completed all items of the EPDS at 1 month postpartum. We divided them randomly into two sample sets. The first sample set (n = 345) was used for exploratory factor analysis, and the second sample set was used (n = 345) for confirmatory factor analysis. RESULTS: The result of exploratory factor analysis indicated a three-factor model consisting of anxiety, depression and anhedonia. The results of confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the anxiety and anhedonia factors existed for EPDS in a sample of Japanese women at 1 month postpartum. The depression factor varies by the models of acceptable fit. CONCLUSIONS: We examined EPDS scores. As a result, “anxiety” and “anhedonia” exist for EPDS among postpartum women in Japan as already reported in Western countries. Cross-cultural research is needed for future research.
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spelling pubmed-41212302014-08-05 Factor Structure of the Japanese Version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the Postpartum Period Kubota, Chika Okada, Takashi Aleksic, Branko Nakamura, Yukako Kunimoto, Shohko Morikawa, Mako Shiino, Tomoko Tamaji, Ai Ohoka, Harue Banno, Naomi Morita, Tokiko Murase, Satomi Goto, Setsuko Kanai, Atsuko Masuda, Tomoko Ando, Masahiko Ozaki, Norio PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a widely used screening tool for postpartum depression (PPD). Although the reliability and validity of EPDS in Japanese has been confirmed and the prevalence of PPD is found to be about the same as Western countries, the factor structure of the Japanese version of EPDS has not been elucidated yet. METHODS: 690 Japanese mothers completed all items of the EPDS at 1 month postpartum. We divided them randomly into two sample sets. The first sample set (n = 345) was used for exploratory factor analysis, and the second sample set was used (n = 345) for confirmatory factor analysis. RESULTS: The result of exploratory factor analysis indicated a three-factor model consisting of anxiety, depression and anhedonia. The results of confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the anxiety and anhedonia factors existed for EPDS in a sample of Japanese women at 1 month postpartum. The depression factor varies by the models of acceptable fit. CONCLUSIONS: We examined EPDS scores. As a result, “anxiety” and “anhedonia” exist for EPDS among postpartum women in Japan as already reported in Western countries. Cross-cultural research is needed for future research. Public Library of Science 2014-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4121230/ /pubmed/25089523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103941 Text en © 2014 Kubota et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Kubota, Chika
Okada, Takashi
Aleksic, Branko
Nakamura, Yukako
Kunimoto, Shohko
Morikawa, Mako
Shiino, Tomoko
Tamaji, Ai
Ohoka, Harue
Banno, Naomi
Morita, Tokiko
Murase, Satomi
Goto, Setsuko
Kanai, Atsuko
Masuda, Tomoko
Ando, Masahiko
Ozaki, Norio
Factor Structure of the Japanese Version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the Postpartum Period
title Factor Structure of the Japanese Version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the Postpartum Period
title_full Factor Structure of the Japanese Version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the Postpartum Period
title_fullStr Factor Structure of the Japanese Version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the Postpartum Period
title_full_unstemmed Factor Structure of the Japanese Version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the Postpartum Period
title_short Factor Structure of the Japanese Version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the Postpartum Period
title_sort factor structure of the japanese version of the edinburgh postnatal depression scale in the postpartum period
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4121230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25089523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103941
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