Validation of the Slovak version of the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ), version A

Bratislava Medical Journal

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L. Pitel¹  P. Psenkova³  C. C.G. Jones¹  J. Zahumensky³ 

[1] Hull York Medical School, University of Hull;Institute of Experimental Psychology, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences;2nd Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Bratislava and Faculty of medicine of Comenius University

关键词: fear of childbirth;    translation;    validity;    reliability;    pregnancy;    anxiety;   

DOI  :  10.4149/BLL_2020_067

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: AEPress, s.r.o.

【 摘 要 】

AIM: This study aimed to assess the psychometric characteristics of the Slovak translation of the version A of Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (SW-DEQ) among healthy Slovak pregnant women. METHOD: Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the SW-DEQ was performed. Several coefficients of internal consistency were employed for the whole scale as well as for separate factors. Concurrent/convergent validity was assessed by correlation analysis of the overall SW-DEQ score with State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Eysenck Personality Inventory – subscales Neuroticism and Extraversion, as well as with adjusted versions of Beck Depression Inventory and Internal-External Locus of Control Scale. EFA yielded seven factors: ‘lack of composure’, ‘negative appraisal’, ‘lack of self-efficacy’, ‘lack of positive anticipation’, ‘fear and hopelessness’, ‘loneliness’, and ‘concern for the child’. RESULTS: The Cronbach’s α of the whole scale was .93, while for the separate factors, it ranged between .68 and .87. The sum score of SW-DEQ correlated weakest with extraversion (in nulliparous women) and locus of control (in multiparous women), and strongest with trait anxiety (in both groups). CONCLUSIONS: The Slovak version could be considered a valid and reliable measure of fear of childbirth among pregnant Slovak women. However, the dimensional structure of the measure warrants further confirmation (Tab. 7, Ref. 33).

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