The Serbian version of the Pandemic-Related Pregnancy Stress Scale (PREPS-SRB)–A validation study

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 20(2), С. e0317909 - e0317909

Опубликована: Фев. 4, 2025

Pregnancy is a sensitive period in woman’s life when psychological distress can have negative consequences for the mother and fetus. Prolonged intensified symptoms of anxiety depression caused by COVID-19 pandemic increase risk maternal fetal health complications. The Pandemic-Related Stress Scale (PREPS) thoroughly designed tool that helps determine analyze stress among pregnant women during pandemics three domains: Preparedness childbirth, (2) Infection, (3) Positive Appraisal. A cross-sectional study included 189 attending community center, “Dr Simo Milošević,” Belgrade, Serbia, from January to February 2022. Pregnant anonymously completed questionnaire as part study. mean scores those domains are follows: (2.4 ± 0.9), Infection (2.8 1.1), Appraisal (3.7 0.9). Internal consistency PREPS PREPS-Total (α = 0.867). An explanatory factor analysis showed Serbian version has good psychometric properties. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure Sampling Adequacy (KMO) was found be 0.860, indicating high degree sampling adequacy. Additionally, Bartlett’s Test Sphericity yielded statistically significant result (χ 2 1564.206, df 105, p < 0.001). CFA very fit indices sample, confirming structure original English version. RMSEA value 0.056 (0.036–0.075) values TLI (0.961) CFI (0.974) were above cut-off ≥0.95, an excellent fit. All standardized loadings ranged 0.50 0.85. PREPS-SRB serves valuable healthcare professionals, allowing them identify experiencing related pandemic.

Язык: Английский

The impact of maternal stress on non-syndromic clefts: a retrospective case–control study

European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 19, 2025

Язык: Английский