Edinburgh Prenatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
The Edinburgh Prenatal Depression Scale was utilized to assess
depression during pregnancy. The device has been broadly utilized in 35
nations and has been approved in China. There are ten items in the
Edinburgh Prenatal Depression Scale. The score scope of each piece is
0-3, yet various scores of individual items convey various implications.
The all out score range is 0-30. EPDS is a self-rating scale, which
takes around 5 minutes to finish. The basic estimation of the Chinese
form of Edinburgh Prenatal Depression Scale utilized in this
investigation is 9.5, that is, the point at which the EPDS score comes
to above 9.5, it shows depression during pregnancy.