[Validation of the world health organization-5 well-being index; assessment of maternal well-being and its associated factors].

CONCLUSIONS: The Farsi version of WHO-5 was observed to be a reliable and valid instrument for screening psychological symptoms in pregnant Iranian women. The present findings show that maternal well-being improved following childbirth. PMID: 25742037 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25742037?dopt=Abstract

Source: Turkish Journal of Psychiatry - March 7, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mortazavi F, Mousavi SA, Chaman R, Khosravi A Tags: Turk Psikiyatri Derg Source Type: research