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Salud Pública de México
versión impresa ISSN 0036-3634
Resumen
NAVARRETE, Laura; NIETO, Lourdes; LARA, Ma. Asunción y LARA, Ma. del Carmen. Sensitivity and specificity of the three Whooley and Arroll questions for detecting perinatal depression in Mexican women. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2019, vol.61, n.1, pp.27-34. Epub 01-Ene-2019. ISSN 0036-3634. https://doi.org/10.21149/9083.
Objective:
To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the Two Whooley questions and the Arroll question, using the SCID, The Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-I) as the gold standard for detecting perinatal depression.
Materials and methods:
We interviewed 210 women during pregnancy and 6 months postpartum.
Results:
The criterion with the greatest sensitivity was responding positively to either Whooley question (pregnancy= 94.7 %; postpartum=100.0%), while the most specific criterion was responding positively to the two Whooley questions plus the Arroll question (Pregnancy=90.0% Postpartum = 85.7%).
Conclusion:
The Whooley and Arroll questions have adequate psychometric properties to detect possible cases of depression during the perinatal period. They can be applied during prenatal check-ups and postpartum consultations. Timely detection of women at risk of perinatal depression can contribute to their treatment for reducing their adverse consequences in mothers and infants.
Palabras llave : depression postpartum; screening; sensitivity and specificity; primary healthcare.
