Overestimation of Postpartum Depression Prevalence Based on a 5-item Version of the EPDS: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis.
Brett D ThombsBrooke LevisAnita LyubenovaDipika NeupaneZelalem NegeriYin WuYing SunChen HeAnkur KrishnanSimone N VigodParash Mani BhandariMahrukh ImranDanielle B RiceMarleine AzarMatthew J ChiovittiNazanin SaadatKira E RiehmJill T BoruffPim CuijpersSimon GilbodyJohn P A IoannidisLorie A KlodaScott Burton PattenIan ShrierRoy C ZiegelsteinLiane ComeauNicholas D MitchellMarcello TonelliJacqueline BarnesCheryl Tatano BeckCarola BindtBarbara FigueiredoNadine HelleLouise M HowardJane KohlhoffZoltán KozinszkyAngeliki A LeonardouSandra Nakić RadošChantal QuispelTamsen J RochatAlan SteinRobert C StewartMeri TadinacS Darius TandonIva TendaisAnnamária TörekiThach D TranKylee TrevillionKatherine TurnerJohann M Vega-DienstmaierAndrea BenedettiPublished in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2020)
Prevalence estimated based on EPDS-5 ≥7 appears to be substantially higher than the prevalence of major depression. Validated diagnostic interviews should be used to establish prevalence.