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Silverio, SA, Davies, SM, Christiansen, P, Aparicio-García, ME, Bramante, A, Chen, P, Costas-Ramón, N, de Weerth, C, Della Vedova, AM, Infante Gil, L, Lustermans, H, Wendland, J, Xu, J, Halford, JCG, Harrold, JA and Fallon, V (2021) A validation of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale 12-item research short-form for use during global crises with five translations. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21 (1). ISSN 1471-2393
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Global crises inevitably increase levels of anxiety in postpartum populations. Effective and efficient measurement is therefore essential. This study aimed to create a 12-item research short form of the 51-item Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale [PSAS] and validate it for use in rapid response research at a time of global crises [PSAS-RSF-C]. We also present the same 12-items, in five other languages (Italian, French, Chinese, Spanish, Dutch) to increase global accessibility of a psychometric tool to assess maternal mental health. METHODS: Twelve items from the PSAS were selected on the basis of a review of their factor loadings. An on-line sample of UK mothers (N = 710) of infants up to 12 weeks old completed the PSAS-RSF-C during COVID-19 'lockdown'. RESULTS: Principal component analyses on a randomly split sample (n = 344) revealed four factors, identical in nature to the original PSAS, which in combination explained 75% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analyses (n = 366) demonstrated the four-factor model fit the data well. Reliability of the overall scale and of the underlying factors in both samples proved excellent. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest the PSAS-RSF-C may prove useful as a clinical screening tool and is the first postpartum-specific psychometric scale to be validated during the COVID-19 pandemic. This offers psychometrically sound assessment of postpartum anxiety. By increasing the accessibility of the PSAS, we aim to enable researchers the opportunity to measure maternal anxiety, rapidly, at times of global crisis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1110 Nursing, 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, 1117 Public Health and Health Services |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Psychology (from Sep 2019) |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
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| Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2021 14:40 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 05:52 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1186/s12884-021-03597-9 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14522 |
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