Estimated Prevalence of Perinatal Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Considering Uncertainty of Test Properties.

Autor: Gonçalves Pacheco, João Pedro, Salum, Giovanni, Hoffmann, Maurício Scopel
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Zdroj: JAMA Psychiatry; Aug2023, Vol. 80 Issue 8, p856-857, 2p
Abstrakt: Comment & Response B To the Editor b The systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by Roddy Mitchell et al[1] provides new evidence on the epidemiology of perinatal depression (PD) in low- and middle-income countries. In this case, when EPDS test characteristics are considered, the estimated PD prevalence decreases from the apparent 24.3% to the true prevalence estimation closer to the MINI diagnostic interview (15.7%), which is similar to the prevalence when only studies that used diagnostic interviews in general were considered (17.8%). [Extracted from the article]
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