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Development of a stress scale for pregnant women in the South Asian context: the A-Z Stress Scale

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Kazi, A., Fatmi, Z., Hatcher, J., Niaz, U., Aziz, A.·2009·Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
DOI 10.26719/2009.15.2.353
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Stress in pregnancy can lead to low-birth-weight and preterm babies and to psychological consequences such as anxiety and depression during pregnancy and the puerperium. Previous scales to measure stress contain items that overlap with the symptoms of pregnancy. A stress scale was developed based on in-depth interviews with pregnant women in Pakistan. Construct validity, test-retest reliability and inter-rater reliability were carried out. Cronbach alpha was 0.82 for the 30 short-listed items, with item-total correlations of 0.2-0.8. Multidimensional scaling determined 2 dimensions: socioenvironmental hassles and chronic illnesses. This was the first scale developed for pregnant women based on stressors in a developing country in South Asia.

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Authors
Kazi, A., Fatmi, Z., Hatcher, J., Niaz, U., & Aziz, A.
Affiliations
Aga Khan University (PK)
ORCID
Venue
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
Publisher
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO)
Published
2009-02-01
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
353-361
ISSN
  • 1020-3397 (ISSN-L)
  • 1687-1634
DOI
10.26719/2009.15.2.353
OpenAlex
W2118837887
Semantic Scholar
eb7d6c21311bd321c1038d4e17a9432d15dca688
Cited by
22
References
30
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI
1.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eCommons - AKU (Aga Khan University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
Keywords
prenatal stress, scale development, pregnant women, chronic disease, low birth weight, preterm birth, postpartum period, South Asia, Pakistan
MeSH terms
Adult, Attitude to Health, Developing Countries, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Occupations, Pakistan, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, Observer Variation, Discriminant Analysis, Spouses, Gravidity, Pregnant People

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