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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Validity of the Kessler 10 (K-10) in detecting DSM-IV defined mood and anxiety disorders among pregnant women
Archives of Women's Mental Health, Volume 12, No. 2, Year 2009
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It has been suggested that women experience depression most commonly in the childbearing years and that reproductive events such as pregnancy and child birth may coincide with the onset of mood and anxiety disorders in women. Therefore, a brief screening tool, with good sensitivity/specificity for psychiatric diagnoses that could be administered to pregnant women would be a valuable and useful proxy measure. We assessed the validity of the K-10, using the SCID as the gold standard, in a sample of 129 healthy pregnant women who presented for care at midwife obstetric units in Cape Town, South Africa. A receiver-operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis indicated that the K-10 showed agreeable sensitivity and specificity in detecting depression (area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve, 0.66), posttraumatic stress disorder (0.69), panic disorder (0.71), and social phobia (0.76). The K-10 may be a useful screening measure for mood and anxiety disorders in pregnant women. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.
Authors & Co-Authors
Spies, Georgina
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Stein, Dan J.
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Roos, Annerine
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Faure, S. C.
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Mostert, Jemona
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Seedat, Soraya
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Vythilingum, Bavanisha
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Statistics
Citations: 133
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00737-009-0050-0
ISSN:
14341816
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Mental Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Female