Table 1.

Depression Screening Tools

Screening Tool	No. of Items	Time to Complete (min)	Sensitivity and Specificity	Spanish Available
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale	10	Less than 5	Sensitivity 59–100%	Yes
			Specificity 49–100%
Postpartum Depression Screening Scale	35	5–10	Sensitivity 91–94%	Yes
			Specificity 72–98%
Patient Health Questionnaire 9	9	Less than 5	Sensitivity 75%	Yes
			Specificity 90%
Beck Depression Inventory	21	5–10	Sensitivity 47.6–82%	Yes
			Specificity 85.9–89%
Beck Depression Inventory-II	21	5–10	Sensitivity 56–57%	Yes
			Specificity 97–100%
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale	20	5–10	Sensitivity 60%	Yes
			Specificity 92%
Zung Self-rating Depression Scale	20	5–10	Sensitivity 45–89%	No
			Specificity 77–88%

Reprinted with permission from Screening for perinatal depression. Committee Opinion No. 630. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2015;125:1268–71.