Motherisk Team, Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ont.
Can Fam Physician. 2011 Jul;57(7):777-8.
Several of my female patients of reproductive age seem to be depressed. Is there a simple tool I can use to screen them?
Motherisk is using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale to screen for depression. This simple questionnaire is filled out by women while in the waiting room. Using this tool has helped us identify large numbers of women who are at risk of, but have not been diagnosed with, depression. We believe family physicians should use this screening tool extensively with women of reproductive age.
我的一些育龄女性患者似乎有些抑郁。我能否使用一种简单的工具对她们进行筛查?
Motherisk 正在使用爱丁堡产后抑郁量表进行抑郁筛查。女性在候诊室填写这份简单的问卷。使用这一工具,我们帮助发现了许多有抑郁风险但尚未被诊断出的女性。我们认为家庭医生应该在育龄女性中广泛使用这种筛查工具。