Validity and utility of instruments for screening of depression in women attending antenatal clinics in Blantyre district in Malawi

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dc.contributor.authorChorwe-Sungani, Genesis
dc.contributor.authorChipps, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-06T07:25:15Z
dc.date.available2023-06-06T07:25:15Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractScreening instruments should be brief, valid and easy to use if they are to be useful in a busy antenatal clinic in low-resource settings. A short instrument can be used in a busy antenatal clinic in combination with a more detailed instrument once referred. This study aimed at assessing the validity of a range of depression screening instruments and to test the utility of combining these instruments for use in antenatal clinics in Blantyre district, Malawi. This was a sensitivity analysis study using a sub-sample of 97 pregnant women drawn from a cross-sectional study (sample size = 480) that was screening for depression in eight antenatal clinics. Data from the cross-sectional study for the 97 pregnant women on the 3-item screener, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-15 (HSCL-15) and Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ), was compared with a gold standard, the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). Sensitivity, specificity and area under curve (AUC) were calculated to test for validity of the instruments. The utility of various combinations of the instruments was tested using the compensatory, conjunctive, probability and sequential rules.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChorwe-Sungani, G., & Chipps, J. (2018). Validity and utility of instruments for screening of depression in women attending antenatal clinics in Blantyre district in Malawi. South African Family Practice, 60 (4) ,114-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/20786190.2018.1432136en_US
dc.identifier.issn2078-6204
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/20786190.2018.1432136
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/9023
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSISen_US
dc.subjectAntenatalen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectNursingen_US
dc.subjectMalawien_US
dc.titleValidity and utility of instruments for screening of depression in women attending antenatal clinics in Blantyre district in Malawien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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