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Postpartum Distress Measure: 1. I Feel Sad and Hopeless

This document contains a 10-item postpartum distress measure. It asks new mothers to rate how frequently in the past week they have experienced symptoms like sadness, crying, feeling overwhelmed, and thoughts of harming themselves or their baby. Responses are given on a 4-point scale ranging from "not at all true" to "true most of the time." The document provides instructions to score some items in reverse order so that higher total scores indicate greater distress.

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Postpartum Distress Measure: 1. I Feel Sad and Hopeless

This document contains a 10-item postpartum distress measure. It asks new mothers to rate how frequently in the past week they have experienced symptoms like sadness, crying, feeling overwhelmed, and thoughts of harming themselves or their baby. Responses are given on a 4-point scale ranging from "not at all true" to "true most of the time." The document provides instructions to score some items in reverse order so that higher total scores indicate greater distress.

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POSTPARTUM DISTRESS MEASURE

Name: ____________________________________________________ Today’s Date: _________________________

Directions: Please mark one answer for each question according to your experiences over the past week, including today, relative to how you usually feel.

1. I feel sad and hopeless. 6. I think my family would be better off without me.

0 No, this is not true 0 This is never true

1 Yes, this is true occasionally 1 This is hardly ever true

2 This is true some of the time


2 This is true some of the time
3 This is true most of the time
3 This is true most of the time

7. I have recurring thoughts about harm coming to my


2. I am crying more than usual. baby, my family, or myself.
3 This is true most of the time 3 This is true most of the time

2 This is true some of the time 2 This is true some of the time

1 This is true only occasionally 1 This is true only occasionally

0 No, this is not true 0 No, this is not true

3. I cannot make decisions or concentrate. 8. I have recurring thoughts about my baby getting sick
or having some kind of problem.
3 This is true most of the time
3 This is true most of the time
2 This is true some of the time
2 This is true some of the time
1 This is true only occasionally
1 This is true only occasionally
0 No this is not true
0 No, this is not true

4. I feel overwhelmed.
9. I check on my baby multiple times throughout the
3 Yes, most of the time I can’t cope at all night.
2 Yes, sometimes I am not coping as 3 This is true most of the time
well as usual 2 This is true some of the time
1 No, most of the time I have coped well 1 This is true only occasionally
0 No, I have been coping as well as ever 0 No, this is not true

5. I’m afraid I will never feel better. 10. I have thoughts about my baby that scare me.

3 This is true most of the time 0 No, this is not true

2 This is true some of the time 1 This is true only occasionally

1 This is true only occasionally 2 This is true some of the time

0 No, this is not true 3 This is true most of the time

From: Allison, Wenzel, Kleiman, & Sarwer


POSTPARTUM DISTRESS MEASURE

Directions for scoring:

Items 1, 6, & 10 are scored on a 0 – 3 scale.

Items 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, & 9 are reverse-scored, so that the response sets are scored 3 –
0.

From: Allison, Wenzel, Kleiman, & Sarwer

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