Can the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale-3A be used to screen for anxiety?

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Table 2 Confirmatory factor analyses of the EPDS

Model	x²	df	Bollen–Stine p	x²/df	CFI	TLI	RMSEA [90% CI]	AIC	BIC
1.	66.732**	32	0.005	2.085	0.976	0.967	0.050 [0.033; 0.066]	132.732	134.420
2.	13.257	11	0.234	1.205	0.998	0.995	0.022 [0.00; 0.057]	61.257	62.144
3.	64.990**	32	0.006	2.031	0.978	0.968	0.048 [0.031; 0.065]	130.990	132.679

Model fit indices after applying modifications of error covariances and model comparison information (N = 442)
CFI Comparative Fit Index, TLI Tucker Lewis Index, RMSEA Root Mean Square Error of Approximation, AICAikaike Information Criterion, BIC Bayesian Information Criterion; Model 1 = a 10-item unidimensional model. Model 2 = a 7-item two-factor model. Model 3 = a 10-item two-factor model. **x² significant at p < .05

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