%0 Journal Article
%T Using the EPDS to Identify Anxiety in Mothers of Infants on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
%A Jennifer E. McCabe-Beane
%A Lisa S. Segre
%A Sara M. Stasik-O¡¯Brien
%J Clinical Nursing Research
%@ 1552-3799
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1054773817740532
%X Despite the prevalence of postpartum depression and anxiety, current screening recommendations are limited to depression symptoms. Screening using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale¨CAnxiety subscale (EPDS-A) may enhance ability to detect distress in postpartum women. We aimed to replicate the EPDS-A in 200 mothers with infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and examine its incremental utility in identifying emotional distress. Presence of the EPDS-A was identified using exploratory factor analysis. Women experiencing elevated anxiety were identified using a previously established cutoff score. Results replicated the EPDS-A for the first time in mothers with infants hospitalized in the NICU. In all, 21.9% of these women had elevated anxiety symptoms and nearly one quarter of them would have been missed in routine depression screening. Use of the EPDS-A, in addition to the total EPDS score, is a promising approach to identifying anxious women in need of further evaluation, treatment, or support
%K anxiety
%K Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
%K screening
%K postnatal
%K neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1054773817740532