Women’s experiences of trauma, the psychosocial impact and health service needs during the perinatal period

Table 1 Psychological symptoms of perinatal women

Domain	Mean Score	Range of Total Scores	Number of Women Who Met Clinical Cut-Points for Diagnosis	Clinical Range/Screen Interpretation
EPDS^a	13.9	6–19	5	13 + Probable depression*
PASS	34.1	4–64	4	42 – 93 Severe symptoms of anxiety*
PCL-5	24.1	3–55	3	31–33 Clinical cut-point score for PTSD*

Sample data collected from three standard measures are presented in this table. EPDS—Edinburgh Perinatal/Postnatal Depression Scale, PASS—Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale, PCL – 5 The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for the DSM-5 [22,23,24]. Clinical cut-points are indicated with an asterisk[*] next to the clinical range/screen interpretation
^aEPDS mean and total scores are based on 9 items and therefore it is possible that some of the participants could have had an even higher score [22]

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