ArticlePloS one2017
Validity and Acceptability of Kimberley Mum's Mood Scale to Screen for Perinatal Anxiety and Depression in Remote Aboriginal Health Care Settings.
Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of psychosocial screening tools for identification of postpartum mental health status beyond depressive symptoms.Midwifery · 2025Pooled it
- Approaches to the development of new screening tools that assess distress in Indigenous peoples: A systematic mixed studies review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of EPDS cultural suitability with Indigenous mothers: a global perspective.Archives of women's mental health · 2021Pooled it
- PROTOCOL: Measures of Parenting Constructs Utilised With Indigenous Caregivers in Canada, Australia, Aotearoa, and the United States: A Scoping Review Protocol.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- Recommendations for Reporting Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Screening Tool Use With Pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Understanding perinatal vulnerabilities: how Aboriginal women's cultural strengths and resilience shapes their social and emotional wellbeing.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Perinatal anxiety disorders screening study: a study protocol.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- How do postnatal care guidelines in Australia compare to international standards? A scoping review and comparative analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Article
- Article
- The methods of improving cultural sensitivity of depression scales for use among global indigenous populations: a systematic scoping review.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
- Safe and valid? A systematic review of the psychometric properties of culturally adapted depression scales for use among Indigenous populations.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Review
- Exploring Mental Health Presentations in Remote Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia Using an Audit and File Reviews.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Article
- "We do not know how to screen and provide treatment": a qualitative study of barriers and enablers of implementing perinatal depression health services in Ethiopia.International journal of mental health systems · 2021Article
- Risk and resilience: a mixed methods investigation of Aboriginal Australian women's perinatal mental health screening assessments.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2021Article
- Why validation is not enough: Setting the scene for the implementation of the Kimberley Mum's Mood Scale.PloS one · 2020Article
- Study protocol: a clinical trial for improving mental health screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pregnant women and mothers of young children using the Kimberley Mum's Mood Scale.BMC public health · 2019Article
- 'Having a Quiet Word': Yarning with Aboriginal Women in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia about Mental Health and Mental Health Screening during the Perinatal Period.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is widely recommended for perinatal anxiety and depression screening. However, many Aboriginal women find EPDS language complex and confusing, and providers find using it with Aboriginal women challenging. The two part Kimberley Mum's Mood Scale (KMMS) was developed to improve screening: Part 1 is a Kimberley version of EPDS; Part 2 is a psychosocial tool that enables contextualisation of Part 1 scores. We aimed to determine if KMMS is a valid and acceptable method of identifying Kimberley Aboriginal perinatal women at risk of anxiety or depressive disorders compared to a semi-structured clinical interview.
methodsAcross 15 sites in the Kimberley, Western Australia, 97 Aboriginal women aged 16 years and older who intended to continue with their pregnancy or had a baby within the previous 12 months were administered the KMMS by trained healthcare providers who provided an overall assessment of no, low, moderate or high risk; 91 participants were then independently assessed by a blinded clinical expert using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition criteria. A qualitative approach was used to determine KMMS' acceptability.
resultsPart 1 had high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha, 0.89), and overall KMMS risk equivalence for screening for anxiety or depressive disorders was moderate (sensitivity, 83%; specificity, 87%; positive predictive value, 68%). Participants found the process easy and useful, and healthcare providers found KMMS more useful than EPDS. Part 2 allowed healthcare providers to ask questions that gave participants an opportunity to express themselves, resulting in a deeper understanding between them.
conclusionKMMS is an effective tool for identifying Kimberley Aboriginal perinatal women at risk of anxiety and depressive disorders. Adoption of KMMS with culturally safe training and support is likely to improve screening processes, and with further validation may have broader applicability across remote Australia.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.