Validity and Reliability of the Baby Preparation and Worry Scale

Completed

• Conditions: Mothers

• Registration Number: NCT05669937
• Lead Sponsor: Mevlüde Alpaslan Arar

Brief Summary

Background: Reliable and valid measurement tools are needed to capture key components of prenatal distress, including anxiety and anxiety states that may put women and children at increased risk in the postpartum period.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the Baby Preparation and Worry Scale (Baby-PAWS), by adapting it to Turkish culture.

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-07-01
• Study Completion: 2022-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-30
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-30
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-03
• Last Update Posted: 2023-01-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 220

Inclusion Criteria

• Women who were married, older than 18 years, at least primary school graduates, in the third trimester of pregnancy and who accepted participation in the study were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women with chronic disease and psychiatric disease history were not included in the research.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
"Baby Preparation and Worry Scale (Baby-PAWS)" developed by Erickson et al. to Turkish culture and perform validity and reliability studies to contribute a new scale tool specific to this field to the literature	1 hour

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ordu University; 🇹🇷 Samsun, Turkey