Further Development of the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory‐Revised

Preliminary Psychometric Testing of the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised (PDPI-R) in Portuguese Women

“…! time of assessment (e.g., by using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [EPDS]), this complementary assessment allows us to early identify and address women's psychosocial vulnerabilities that may increase their risk of developing PPD (Beck, 2002;Beck, Records, & Rice, 2006). This is an important question because even if not clinically depressed at the time of assessment, women may develop clinical depressive symptoms across the first 12 months postpartum.…”

“…In comparison with the EPDS, the PDPI-R is not limited to a total scale score for depression, but enables a more comprehensive assessment of the woman's situation, as each of the risk factors is assessed (Beck et al, 2006), whereby its routine use in clinical practice has been recommended (Hanna et al, 2004;Oppo et al, 2009). Recently, the PDPI-R has also been adapted to estimate the risk of parental depression in the context of postadoption (Foli, South, Lim, & Hebdon, 2016).…”

“…Based on these, numerous screening tools have been developed to identify women who are at risk for PPD (Johnson et al, 2012), but present some important limitations: the majority do not cover the multiple PPD risk factors broadly investigated (e.g., specific postpartum predictors such as infant temperament; Beck, 2002;Beck et al, 2006), and some of them are only administered during pregnancy (e.g., Pereira et al, 2016). Recently, Pereira et al (2016) developed an antenatal tool to predict perinatal depression among European Portuguese women.…”

“…! settings as well as for research purposes, the PDPI-R can be used in two ways: (a) as a selfreport measure, quickly and easily completed, without excessive time demands for both women and health professionals, and (b) as a mean to start the discussion of any problems women may be experiencing regarding each risk factor (as originally developed) (Beck et al, 2006;Oppo et al, 2009). A total score of the 13 risk factors can be computed and compared with the defined cut-off score, which allows quickly identifying women at higher risk of PPD.…”

“…The PDPI was revised based on an updated meta-analysis on PPD risk factors (Beck, 2001) to include 13 significant antenatal and postpartum risk factors associated with the development of PPD (PDPI-R; Beck, 2002;Beck et al, 2006). In clinical 6 | MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL !…”