01977nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653010600054100001600160700001800176700002700194700001800221245013000239300001000369490000700379520136900386022001401755020001401769       2021                            d  c12/202110aPerinatal Anxiety Screening Scale Maternal wellbeing Postnatal depression Postnatal anxiety screening1 aSoledad Coo1 aFranco Medina1 aMaría Ignacia García1 aCarola Pérez00aPsychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS) in a sample of Chilean mothers  a40-460 v283 aBackground and Aim: Maternal mental health difficulties during the perinatal period are prevalent and  have a negative impact on both women and their infants. Universal perinatal mental health screening has  focused primarily on symptoms of depression, with limited attention given to anxiety, despite its high prevalence.  This is partly due to the lack of valid maternal anxiety symptom screening tools. The aim of this  study was to assess the factor structure, validity, and reliability of the Spanish version of the Perinatal Anxiety  Screening Scale.  Participants and Method: 265 women participated in the study, 138 of them were assessed during their  third trimester of pregnancy and 127 at 3 months postpartum. An Exploratory Factor Analysis was used to  examine the factor structure of the PASS, the number of factors was determined using a Velicer MAP test.  Results: A four-factor solution was obtained, which slightly differed from the original version of the instrument.  High reliability for the subscales and the global score, as well as adequate validity, and test-retest  reliability were observed.  Conclusions: The Spanish version of the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale has good psychometric properties,  which warrants its use in Chile. Future studies are needed to assess the validity of the instrument in  other Latin-American contexts.
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