Assessment of the factor structure of the EPDS in Chinese perinatal women: a longitudinal study using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis
The 3-factor model of EPDS showed good reliability, internal consistency, and measurement invariance. Our findings suggested that the EPDS can effectively capture symptom variability in perinatal depression, supporting its use as a monitoring tool throughout both antepartum and postpartum.
Authors
- Li Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0640-2003)
- Ye Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6639-5677)
- Bowen Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8255-3917)
- Huimin Guan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1422-550X)
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- Beijing Friendship Hospital (CN)
- Renmin University of China (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1526716
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.51
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China