The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for Fathers: A contribution to the validation for an Italian sample

General Hospital Psychiatry
Yura LoscalzoPaola Benvenuti

Abstract

The aims of the study are to contribute to the validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; Cox et al., 1987) on a sample of Italian fathers (both men in the perinatal period than those with grown-up children) and to analyze its factorial structure. Four hundred thirty-six fathers participated; specifically, we used two samples. The first was composed of 334 fathers, 39 of which were depressed new fathers. We conducted explorative factor analysis and receiver operator characteristic analysis. The second sample was composed of 102 fathers, 22 of which were depressed new fathers. We conducted confirmative factor analysis on this second sample. We administered the Italian version of the EPDS (Carpiniello et al., 1997; Benvenuti et al., 1999), the Beck Depression Inventory-II (Ghisi et al., 2006) and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (Fava, 1983). The test seems to detect not depression but a state of distress including depressive symptoms, anxiety and unhappiness. Results showed a two-factor structure, different from that of mothers. The optimal cutoff for Italian fathers is 12/13. The EPDS is a valid and reliable instrument, useful in the perinatal period for screening fathers at risk for pe...Continue Reading

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