Screening tools

Question 1

Which tool is used to screen for postpartum depression?

Answer 1

Edinburgh postnatal depression scale

Question 2

What score is indicative of depression on the EPDS? What does the questionnaire involve?

Answer 2

Score >13
10 items, max score 30
Indicates how the mother has felt over the past week
Can be used in pregnancy/ postpartum

Question 3

Which tool is used to screen for eating disorders?

Answer 3

SCOFF

Question 4

What is SCOFF comprised of?

Answer 4

SICK: make yourself sick because you feel uncomfortably full?
CONTROL: worry you have lost control over how much you eat?
ONE: recently lost >1 stone in a 3 month period?
FAT: believe yourself to be Fat when others say you are too thin?
FOOD: say that Food dominates your life?

Question 5

What SCOFF score is indicative of a likely case of anorexia nervosa or bulimia?

Answer 5

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