Development of the Perinatal Depression Inventory (PDI)-14 using item response theory: a comparison of the BDI-II, EPDS, PDI, and PHQ-9.

Benjamin B Brodey¹, Sherryl H Goodman², Ruth E Baldasaro³, Amy Brooks-DeWeese⁴, Melanie Elliott Wilson⁵, Inger S B Brodey⁶, Nora M Doyle⁷

¹TeleSage, Inc., 201 E. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill, NC, 27510, USA. bb@telesage.com.

²Emory University, PAIS Building, 36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.

³SAS Institute Inc., 100 SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC, 27513-2414, USA.

⁴Mental Health Partners, 1333 Iris Ave., Boulder, CO, 80304-2226, USA.

⁵NetSmart Technologies, Inc., 4950 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS, 66211, USA.

⁶University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Greenlaw 211, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.

⁷Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, 4444 E. 41st Street, Tulsa, OK, 74135, USA.

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to develop a simple, brief, self-report perinatal depression inventory that accurately measures severity in a number of populations. Our team developed 159 Likert-scale perinatal depression items using simple sentences with a fifth-grade reading level. Based on iterative cognitive interviewing (CI), an expert panel improved and winnowed the item pool based on pre-det…

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Mentioned Companies

Netsmart Technologies
affiliation

Other Funding

NIMH NIH HHS(R44 MH082485)
United States
NIMH NIH HHS(MH082485)
United States

MeSH Terms

Adult0Depression0Depression, Postpartum0Depressive Disorder0Female0Humans0Mass Screening0Outcome Assessment, Health Care0Postpartum Period0Pregnancy0Psychiatric Status Rating Scales*Psychometrics0Reproducibility of Results0Severity of Illness Index0Surveys and Questionnaires0

Keywords

DepressionIRTPDI-14PerinatalPostpartum

Article Info

PMID: 26271280
PMCID: PMC4799794
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-015-0553-9
Received: February 5, 2015
Accepted: July 8, 2015

How to Cite

Brodey BB et al. Development of the Perinatal Depression Inventory (PDI)-14 using item response theory: a comparison of the BDI-II, EPDS, PDI, and PHQ-9. Arch Womens Ment Health2016;19(2):307-16. doi:10.1007/s00737-015-0553-9

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