Reliability and Validity of Instruments for Assessing Perinatal Depression in African Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Alexander C. Tsai; Jennifer A. Scott; Kristin J. Hung; Jennifer Q. Zhu; Lynn T. Matthews; Christina Psaros; Mark Tomlinson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082521

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Reliability and Validity of Instruments for Assessing Perinatal Depression in African Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Alexander C. Tsai ,

* E-mail: actsai@partners.org

Affiliations Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jennifer A. Scott,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Women’s Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kristin J. Hung,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jennifer Q. Zhu,

Affiliation Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Lynn T. Matthews,

Affiliations Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Christina Psaros,

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mark Tomlinson

Affiliation Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Reliability and Validity of Instruments for Assessing Perinatal Depression in African Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Alexander C. Tsai,
Jennifer A. Scott,
Kristin J. Hung,
Jennifer Q. Zhu,
Lynn T. Matthews,
Christina Psaros,
Mark Tomlinson

Published: December 10, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082521

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