Table 3.

studies validating the EPDS in local African languages for detection of postpartum depression in Africa

SN.	Author	Country	Language	Sample size	Diagnostic instrument Diagnostic criteria	Sensitivity (%) at different EPDS cut-off points		Specificity (%) at different EPDS cut-off points
						9/10	12/13	9/10	12/13
1	Adewuya et al.2005[27]	Nigeria	Yoruba	876	DSM-III	-	100	-	98
2	Chibanda et al. 2010 [28]	Zimbabwe	Shona	210	DSM-IV	-	88	-	87
3	Uwakwe, 2003 [49]	Nigeria	Igbo	225	ICD-10	63	75	97	98
4	Agoub et al. 2005 [50]	Morocco	Arabic	144	MINI	-	92	-	96