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. 2023 Jul 18;26(5):659–668. doi: 10.1007/s00737-023-01337-w

Table 3.

Confirmatory factor analysis indices of the two-factor and three-factor models of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)

X2 value df RMSEA CFI SRMR
EPDS Entire sample
 Two-dimensional model 161.754 34 .051 .992 .047
 Three-dimensional model 104.750 32 .039 .996 .039
Antepartum sample
 Two-dimensional model 142.547 34 .053 .987 .058
 Three-dimensional model 94.867 32 .041 .993 .048
Postpartum sample
 Two-dimensional model 53.758 34 .043 .998 .050
PHQ-9 Entire sample
 Two-dimensional model 153.661 26 .058 .982 .063
 Three-dimensional model 100.885 24 .047 .989 .052
Antepartum sample
 Two-dimensional model 139.345 26 .064 .969 .084
 Three-dimensional model 97.436 24 .062 .982 .072
Postpartum sample
 Two-dimensional model 31.678 26 .027 .998 .048
 Three-dimensional model 21.102 24 .000 1.00 .041

The antepartum sample consists of 1166 pregnant people, while the postpartum sample consists of 311 people who gave birth to one or more children in the 6 months prior to the time of data collection. The entire sample includes both antepartum and postpartum samples

The items’ scale assignments are those indicated in Table 2 through the use of bold fonts