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Quick 10-item check-in for emotional wellbeing during pregnancy and after birth over the last 7 days.

  • Answer every question for the last week, not just the hardest moment today.
  • Takes about 2 minutes to finish.
  • Your responses stay in this browser unless you choose to export or share them.
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Perinatal mood symptoms can shift quickly, and a single conversation often misses the difference between a hard day and a pattern that needs support. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, usually shortened to EPDS, gives pregnancy and postpartum care teams a shared 10-item language for the previous 7 days. It asks about enjoyment, self-blame, anxiety, panic, coping, sleep affected by unhappiness, sadness, crying, and thoughts of self-harm.

The EPDS is a screening scale, not a diagnosis. Its value is that it turns a difficult week into a structured score that can be repeated, discussed, and checked for safety. A total score helps with follow-up planning, while the item pattern shows whether the concern is mainly worry, low mood, overload, loss of enjoyment, or a safety signal.

EPDS total score Ten items, each scored 0 to 3, produce a 0 to 30 total. 0 to 9 10 to 12 13 to 30 lower score range repeat soon follow-up flag 0 10 13 30 Question 10 above 0: safety assessment first

Many pathways treat 13 or more as a prompt for clinical review, and some use the 10 to 12 range as a reason to monitor more closely and repeat the EPDS soon. Those cutoffs should never replace judgment. A person who feels unsafe, overwhelmed, or unlike themselves still deserves follow-up even when the total looks lower.

Question 10 sits outside ordinary score interpretation because it asks about thoughts of self-harm. Any answer above zero should lead to direct safety assessment by a clinician, maternity team, crisis service, or another responsible adult who can stay involved until safety is clear.

How to Use This Tool:

Answer the scale for the last 7 days, then read the safety and follow-up cues before using the charts or exports.

  1. Select Start EPDS questions and answer each of the 10 items from the current week, not from the whole pregnancy or postpartum period.
  2. Use the response choices as written. Each item contributes 0 to 3 points, and the full report appears only after every item has an answer.
  3. If you lose your place, use the progress bar and numbered question navigator to find the next unanswered item.
  4. When the report appears, read the total, the Support urgency badge, and the Question 10 badge before relying on the score band alone.
  5. Use the Follow-up dial to place the total in the 0 to 9, 10 to 12, or 13 to 30 range.
  6. Review the Item contribution map, High-intensity items, Review areas, and Answer review table to see which answers are carrying the score.
  7. Copy or download records only when they support a real follow-up need. Shared links and exported files can contain sensitive answer details.

The tool keeps responses in the browser while you work. Choosing to copy a result link, copy rows, or export a file can move those details outside the page, so handle them like private health information.

Interpreting Results:

Read the EPDS result in three passes. First, look for a Question 10 score above zero. That safety signal takes priority because a low total can still include self-harm thoughts that need direct assessment. Second, place the total score in its follow-up range. Third, look at the highest-scored items to understand what the number is made of.

A total from 0 to 9 is below the common repeat-soon and follow-up-flag bands. It is not a guarantee that everything is fine, especially when one answer feels out of step with daily coping. A total from 10 to 12 is a closer-review range in many pathways, often paired with monitoring and another EPDS soon if concern continues. A total of 13 or more is commonly used as a stronger prompt for clinical assessment.

The review areas are reading aids. Enjoyment and anticipation comes from Questions 1 and 2. Worry, panic, and self-criticism comes from Questions 3 to 5. Coping load comes from Question 6. Low mood and visible distress comes from Questions 7 to 9. Question 10 remains a separate safety cue rather than a routine subscale.

For repeated screens, compare complete EPDS runs that use the same 7-day reference period. A stable total can hide a meaningful pattern change, such as less panic but more sadness, and a lower total can still need attention if the safety item changes.

Technical Details:

The EPDS total is the sum of 10 ordinal item scores. Each response is scored from 0 to 3, so the total runs from 0 to 30. Higher numbers indicate more reported symptoms in the previous week, but the scale is still a screen. It does not measure every cause of distress, and it does not diagnose depression by itself.

Scoring is simple, but interpretation is not total-only. The first two items focus on reduced enjoyment and anticipation. Questions 3 to 5 often act as anxiety-related cues because they cover self-blame, worry, and panic. Questions 7 to 9 capture low mood, unhappiness-related sleep difficulty, sadness, and crying. Question 10 asks about self-harm thoughts and is handled separately from the total score.

Formula Core

EPDS total = ∑ i=1 10 qi 0 ≤ qi ≤ 3 , 0 ≤ EPDS total ≤ 30

For example, item scores of 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, and 0 sum to 13/30. The total reaches the follow-up flag, even though no single item is at the maximum. If the same total included a Question 10 score of 1, the safety response would become the first interpretation point.

Score or item Report lane How to read it
0 to 9 Lower score range Below the common closer-review and 13+ follow-up bands; still review high items and lived concern.
10 to 12 Repeat-soon range A closer-review lane commonly paired with monitoring and another EPDS when concern continues.
13 to 30 Follow-up flag range Meets or exceeds a common threshold for clinical review of possible depressive symptoms.
Question 10 > 0 Safety assessment Needs direct safety review regardless of the total score.
Review area Items Maximum Meaning in the report
Enjoyment and anticipation 1, 2 6 Reduced ability to laugh, enjoy things, or look forward to things in the last week.
Worry, panic, and self-criticism 3, 4, 5 9 Self-blame, anxiety, worry, or panic that may stand out even when low mood is not dominant.
Coping load 6 3 Feeling unable to cope or that things are getting on top of the respondent.
Low mood and visible distress 7, 8, 9 9 Unhappiness-related sleep difficulty, sadness, misery, and crying.
Safety and immediate follow-up 10 3 Self-harm thoughts, interpreted separately from the ordinary score bands.

The chart exports and answer exports reproduce the completed report rather than changing the scoring. Image and CSV chart downloads are useful for documentation, while the answer record is better suited for a clinician or care team that needs to see the exact responses.

Limitations and Privacy:

The EPDS covers important symptoms, but it cannot capture the full perinatal mental-health picture. Trauma, psychosis, bipolar symptoms, obsessive intrusive thoughts, family violence, substance use, medical problems, sleep deprivation, feeding stress, social isolation, and practical support needs may require separate assessment.

  • Use local care pathways and clinical judgment when score bands differ from the person's situation.
  • Do not treat a lower total as reassurance when Question 10 is above zero or safety is uncertain.
  • Translated or culturally adapted versions may need different wording, administration support, or cutoffs.
  • Copied links and exported records can disclose sensitive mental-health answers if they are forwarded, stored, or uploaded elsewhere.

Worked Examples:

A repeat-soon score led by worry

A total of 11/30 sits in the repeat-soon range. If Questions 3, 4, and 5 carry most of the points, the follow-up conversation should include worry, panic, and self-blame rather than focusing only on whether the total is below 13.

A lower total with a safety signal

A total of 8/30 may look lower overall, but a Question 10 score of 1/3 changes the response. Direct safety assessment comes first because self-harm thoughts should not be averaged away by lighter answers elsewhere.

A flagged result with mixed drivers

A result of 15/30 lands in the follow-up flag range. The item contribution map may show that the total comes from both low mood and coping overload, which gives a clinician more useful detail than the number alone.

Same total, different pattern

Two complete EPDS runs can both total 10/30 while the high-scored items shift from panic to sadness and crying. The total has not changed, but the support conversation should.

FAQ:

Does the EPDS diagnose postpartum depression?

No. The EPDS is a screening scale. A higher score can prompt assessment, but diagnosis and care planning require clinical judgment.

Why does the tool ask about the last 7 days?

The EPDS is scored as a current-week screen. Mixing several weeks together can make repeat scores harder to compare.

Why is Question 10 handled separately?

Question 10 asks about self-harm thoughts. Any score above zero should be reviewed directly even when the total is not high.

Are the review areas official EPDS subscales?

No. They are reading aids for the report. The formal EPDS result remains the 10 item responses and the total score.

Why did the full report not appear?

The report appears only after all 10 questions have valid answers. Check the progress text and numbered navigator for a missing response.

Glossary:

EPDS
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, a 10-item self-report screen for emotional distress during pregnancy and after birth.
Repeat-soon range
The 10 to 12 score band used here as a cue for closer review and repeat screening when concern continues.
Follow-up flag
A total of 13 or more, commonly used as a prompt for clinical review of possible depressive symptoms.
Question 10
The self-harm-thought item, interpreted as a separate safety signal whenever it scores above zero.
Review area
A page-level grouping that shows whether the score is driven more by reduced enjoyment, worry, overload, low mood, or safety concerns.

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