Table 2.

Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) factor structure

	Depressed mood	Anxiety	Anhedonia
Suicidal thoughts (10)	97*	−17	−2
Unhappy: crying (9)	79*	19	4
Unhappy: difficulty sleeping (7)	76*	15	4
Felt sad or miserable (8)	51*	44*	−2
Felt scared or panicky (5)	52*	41*	0
Anxious or worried (4)	3	74*	1
Things on top of me (difficulty coping; 6)	11	68*	−7
Looked forward with enjoyment (2)	−2	2	83*
Been able to laugh (1)	−7	8	81*
Blamed myself unnecessarily (3)	13	−17	57*

EPDS item number is given in parentheses. Table entries are the standardised rotated factor loadings multiplied by 100.

^*Primary contributor to each factor.