Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to test the validity and reliability and to examine the factor structure of the Turkish version of Revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (NUPDQ-17 Item Version). METHODS: It is a methodological study. The study was conducted on pregnant women at one private hospital. Data was collected using Pregnancy Description Form and Revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (NUPDQ-17 Item Version). Following the language adaptation and validation review of the scale, the latest version of Turkish form was tested on 10 healthy pregnant women. Later, test-retest reliability was performed on a total of 233 pregnant women. Construct validity and reliability analyses were conducted on 522 pregnant women. RESULTS: Fallowing language adaptation and content validity analysis, Content Validity Index value was found to be 96%. Exploratory factor analyses were performed and factor loads of items were found between 0.37 and 0.80. Cronbach’s alpha reliability (n = 522) coefficient was 0.85 and item-total correlation coefficients were between (r) 0.20 and 0.78 (p 0.001). CONCLUSION: The results show that the Turkish version of the Revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire is an easy-to-understand, single-factor, valid and reliable tool for the assessment of prenatal distress in pregnant Turkish women.

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