Citation

Ibarra-Yruegas B, Lara MA, Navarrete L, Nieto L, Kawas Valle O. J. Health Psychol. 2016; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105316658969

PMID

27488657

Abstract

This study assessed the reliability and concurrent validity of the prenatal section of the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised for 250 pregnant women receiving prenatal care in Mexico. The Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised has shown adequate psychometric properties for English-speaking perinatal women, but no similar data have been reported for Spanish-speaking samples. The results show that the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised is highly reliable and exhibits adequate concurrent validity compared to the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. These findings suggest that the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised can be a reliable instrument in prenatal care services for detecting risk factors for perinatal depression in Mexican women and potentially in other Spanish-speaking populations.

© The Author(s) 2016.

Language: en