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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Obstetrics

Background:

  • Anxiety disorders are prevalent in the perinatal period.
  • Existing screening tools may not fully capture the spectrum of anxiety symptoms in this population.
  • There is a need for a sensitive and versatile screening tool for perinatal anxiety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS).
  • To create a tool sensitive to anxiety presentation in perinatal women across various clinical settings.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS).
  • Validation using factor analysis and ROC analysis with 437 perinatal women.
  • Comparison with established depression and anxiety measures.

Main Results:

  • The PASS demonstrated a significant correlation with other anxiety and depression measures.
  • Principal component analysis revealed a four-factor structure for the PASS.
  • The PASS identified 68% of anxiety disorders, significantly outperforming the EPDS anxiety subscale (36%).

Conclusions:

  • The Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS) is a reliable and valid screening tool.
  • PASS is effective in identifying women at risk of significant anxiety during the perinatal period.
  • The scale is suitable for use in diverse clinical settings.