Objectives: The current study aimed to validate and determine the psychometric properties of the Arabic versions of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in Qatar.
Design: A cross-sectional study design was employed.
Setting: Antenatal care (ANC) clinics at nine primary healthcare centres.
Participants: Pregnant women (n=128) aged 15-46 years in different trimesters of pregnancy, attending the ANC clinics as well as capable of reading and writing in the Arabic language.
Results:
A total of 128 participants were enrolled. On conducting the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, the EPDS showed a larger area under the curve at 0.951 than the BDI-II tool (0.912). Using Youden's index, a score
Conclusion: To address the under-recognition of antenatal depression, physicians at primary healthcare centres in Qatar should be encouraged to utilise the EPDS to screen pregnant women seeking ANC services.
Keywords: Beck Depression Inventory-II; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview; antenatal depression; mental health; validation studies.
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