Thompson W M, Harris B, Lazarus J, Richards C
Cardiff Community Healthcare Trust, Whitchurch Hospital, South Wales, UK.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1998 Sep;98(3):224-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10071.x.
The results of a study looking into the association between thyroid status and depression in the postpartum period were reanalysed to explore the psychometric properties of the rating scales employed. The performance of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was found to be superior to that of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in identifying RDC-defined depression, and on a par with the observer-rated Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, which it also matched for sensitivity to change in mood state over time. The anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale performed well, reflecting the fact that anxiety represents a prominent symptom in postnatal depression.
一项关于产后甲状腺状态与抑郁症之间关联的研究结果被重新分析，以探究所使用评定量表的心理测量特性。研究发现，在识别由研究诊断标准（RDC）定义的抑郁症方面，爱丁堡产后抑郁量表的表现优于医院焦虑抑郁量表，且与观察者评定的汉密尔顿抑郁量表相当，在随时间变化的情绪状态敏感性方面也与之匹配。医院焦虑抑郁量表的焦虑分量表表现良好，这反映出焦虑是产后抑郁症的一个突出症状。
