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Maureen I Heaman1, Annette L Gupton

  • 1Helen Glass Centre for Nursing, University of Manitoba, Room 268, 89 Curry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.

Research in Nursing & Health
|July 17, 2009
PubMed

Pregnant women's perception of risk may influence their health behaviors during pregnancy; however, no validated instrument exists to measure those perceptions. The purpose of this study was to refine a new instrument, the Perception of Pregnancy Risk Questionnaire (PPRQ), and conduct psychometric assessment of the final 9-item version. Reliability and validity were assessed using a sample of 199 women in the third trimester of pregnancy. Exploratory factor analysis resulted in a two-factor solution. Evidence of construct validity was demonstrated using the known-groups technique and through convergent validity. Ratings of pregnancy risk correlated with state anxiety level, providing evidence of concurrent validity. The PPRQ had high internal consistency reliability and excellent test-retest reliability.

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