title: Development of a screening and recruitment registry to facilitate perinatal depression research in obstetrics settings in the USA.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To create a multi-site registry to enable future large-scale studies of perinatal depression among women attending obstetrics clinics in the USA.
  
  
  METHODS
  A screening and recruitment registry was developed that included women aged at least 18 years who attended seven obstetric clinics in the University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) for prenatal care between September 8, 2008, and June 9, 2011. Participants completed depression screening and research recruitment materials.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 4745 women who returned a screening form, 2983 had completed it, giving an overall agreement rate of 62.9%. A total of 630 participants were enrolled into ten research studies via the registry. Among the 2982 women for whom scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale were available, 494 (16.6%) fell within the at-risk range or had scores suggestive of clinical depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present registry could improve detection of perinatal depression symptoms and potentially serve as a model for dissemination and implementation at other sites with an interest in studying factors linked to perinatal depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA. Electronic address: allbaulj@miamioh.edu.
authors.forename: Lucy J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Allbaugh
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Sheila M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Teachers College at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Eleanor C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, The Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Heather A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Flynn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012042:Registries; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Obstetrics; Perinatal depression; Research recruitment; Screening