Factor structure and longitudinal measurement invariance of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale during the whole perinatal period: a multicenter cohort study in China
The findings further confirmed three-factor structure and good reliability of the EPDS when used in Chinese pregnant and postpartum women. The LMI justified comparisons of EPDS scores among different measurement time points.
Authors
- Hongguo Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2113-8941)
- Yongle Zhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7378-1915)
- Ping Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1775-029X)
- Yimin Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1940-2638)
- Dongmei Man (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4801-7656)
- Haihui Ma
- Yu Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2443-911X)
- Xiaoxiu Li
- Jichun Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6202-5241)
Institutions
- Kunming University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Nanchang University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province (CN)
- Chongqing Maternal and Child Health Hospital (CN)
- Dongguan People’s Hospital (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University (CN)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-21213-1
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.39
Funders
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- People's Government of Jilin Province
- Jilin University
- Nanchang University
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Chinese Medical Association
- Guizhou Medical University