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Classification and description
Edinburgh Depression Postpartum Scale (EDPS)
The EPDS is widely used to perform the screening of depressive symptoms that manifest themselves during postpartum. It is a self-administered instrument and its purpose is to measure the presence and intensity of depressive symptoms experienced in the last seven days. Check out the scale of Edinburgh by clicking the image below.
The EPDS is a tool that allows its user to do a postpartum depression screening, and it consists of a self-administered questionnaire of 10 questions that has been validated for more than 12 languages. Responses score of 1.2 or 3, with a maximum score of 30. A score higher than or equal to 12 or 13 identifies women with postpartum depression.
