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Copyright of Ginecología y Obstetricia de México is the property of Federacion Mexicana de Ginecologia y Obstetricia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Background and Aim: Maternal mental health difficulties during the perinatal period are prevalent and have a negative impact on both women and their infants. Universal perinatal mental health screening has focused primarily on symptoms of depression, with limited attention given to anxiety, despite its high prevalence. This is partly due to the lack of valid maternal anxiety symptom screening tools. The aim of this study was to assess the factor structure, validity, and reliability of the Spanish version of the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale. Participants and Method: 265 women participated in the study, 138 of them were assessed during their third trimester of pregnancy and 127 at 3 months postpartum. An Exploratory Factor Analysis was used to examine the factor structure of the PASS, the number of factors was determined using a Velicer MAP test. Results: A four-factor solution was obtained, which slightly differed from the original version of the instrument. High reliability for the subscales and the global score, as well as adequate validity, and test-retest reliability were observed. Conclusions: The Spanish version of the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale has good psychometric properties, which warrants its use in Chile. Future studies are needed to assess the validity of the instrument in other Latin-American contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objectives: To determine the prevalence of postpartum depression in puerperal women in the city of Arequipa. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted in 113 puerperal women that attended peripheral health care centers for postpartum control. Edinburgh scale for depression was used after getting inform consent. Psychometric properties of the tool were evaluated. Results: Our results indicate that 41% of mothers are not at risk of postpartum depression; 14% are at risk and 45% have symptoms of postpartum depression; the degree of education was inversely correlated with postpartum depression and we did not find statistical association with route of delivery and marital status. Conclusions: We conclude that 45% of puerperal women evaluated had depression and that the degree of education inversely correlated with it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. Depression is a common condition during pregnancy. The family physician plays an important role in the prenatal control, where identification of depression is relevant. Women who develop depression during pregnancy and do not receive treatment have a risk for postpartum depression. Therefore we conducted a study to identify the prevalence of depression in pregnant patients in primary care of the family medicine unit clinic number 171 of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Material and methods. This is a cross-sectional study with pregnant patients from the family medicine unit 171 of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. We included patients of any age, with a sample of 103 pregnant women. We applied a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Edinburgh 2 postnatal depression scale. The statistical analysis were made using the SSPS software version 19, we used mean, mode, frequencies and X for difference of proportions. Results. The 76.77% (n = 29) of patients had no symptoms suggestive of depression. At week 28 of gestation 10 patients reported symptoms of depression. There were not a between depression and the gestational age p = 0.233. Discussion. The prevalence of depression during pregnancy was of 23.3%. In this study there were no statistically significant differences between depression and gestational age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Copyright of Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecología is the property of Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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After the successful pilot EPD Project in 2002-2003, we decided to perform the EPD project in four additional countries: Belgium, Greece, Norway and Scotland. Before starting the EPD Project in Belgium, we installed a Belgium National EPD Board in order to support the practical organisation of this project. National coordinators were Luc Picavet (Chair) and Sylviane Boullé (Wallonia). The members of the Belgium National EPD Board were Jean-Yves De Vos (President of National Association, ORPADT Flanders), Hichem Marzougui (Link member, Association of Dialysis Technicians) and Luc Vonckx (President of Association of Dialysis Technicians). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introducción. El objetivo del estudio es validar una traducción al español de la Escala de Depresión Postnatal de Edimburgo (EPDS) en mujeres peruanas que han dado a luz hace menos de un año. Metodología. Se aplicó la EPDS y la sección del SCID para diagnosticar depresión mayor según criterios del DSM-IV a 321 mujeres que estaban dentro del primer año postparto. Resultados. Se encontró que el punto de corte óptimo de la EPDS para la población estudiada era 13,5; con este valor se obtuvo una sensibilidad de 84,21% y una especificidad de 79,47% para el diagnóstico de depresión mayor. Ninguna mujer con puntuación menor de 7,5 tuvo depresión mayor (sensibilidad y valor predictivo negativo 100%). Se halló un coeficiente de correlación de 0,4478 entre la puntuación de la EPDS y el número de síntomas del criterio A de depresión mayor del DSM-IV. El coeficiente alfa de Cronbach fue 0,7043. Los ítems que tuvieron mayor poder predictivo para depresión postparto fueron los referidos a preocupación, capacidad para afrontar problemas, pánico, llanto y optimismo. Conclusiones. La versión en español de la EPDS funciona adecuadamente en mujeres peruanas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]