Estimating psychiatric morbidity by logistic regression: application to post-natal depression in a community sample.
The use of logistic regression to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in community samples is illustrated here with data from a study of post-natal depression in 702 primiparous Cambridge mothers. The method is also used to validate the primary screening instrument (in this case the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale--EPDS), and to estimate the effects of cofactors, such as maternal age, previous psychiatric history and social class.
Carothers
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Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh.
Murray
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D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012044:Regression Analysis