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  • Obstetrics
  • Psychometrics

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  • Pregnancy is a critical period for mental health.
  • Accurate assessment of depression risk is vital for maternal well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and psychometrically evaluate the Pregnancy Depression Risk Scale.
  • To establish a valid and reliable tool for identifying depression risk in pregnant women.

Main Methods:

  • Methodological research involving scale item formulation, expert review, and validation with 489 pregnant women.
  • Data analysis included content validity, semantic validity, factor analysis, and reliability testing.

Main Results:

  • Identified 68 risk factors for item formulation.
  • The final 24-item scale demonstrated satisfactory construct validity, content validity, semantic validity, and reliability.
  • The scale's factor structure aligned with the theoretical model.

Conclusions:

  • The Pregnancy Depression Risk Scale is a valid and reliable instrument.
  • The scale possesses satisfactory psychometric properties for clinical and research use.
  • The defined factor structure supports its theoretical underpinnings.