title: Screening performance of the postpartum depression screening scale--Spanish version.
abstract: The purpose Puerto Rican/Caribbean (n = 68), Mexican (n = 64), and Central/South American (n = 18). For the three subgroups, the PDSS total score alpha reliabilities were .96, .95, and .95, respectively. Based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, a cutoff score of 60 is recommended as a positive screen for combined major and minor depression. This cutoff point obtained a sensitivity of 84% and specificity of 84%. When compared to the original English version of the PDSS, the psychometrics for the Spanish version were slightly lower but well within the acceptable range.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Cheryl T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Gable
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003237:Connecticut; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000592:standards; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013781:Texas; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000379:methods; D014175:Translating