Validation of the Arabic version of the Cohen perceived stress scale (PSS-10) among pregnant and postpartum women

BMC Psychiatry - Tập 10 Số 1 - 2010
Monique Chaaya1, Hibah Osman2, Georges Naassan3, Ziyad Mahfoud4
1Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
2MPH Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
3Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
4Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar

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Abstract Background This study was conducted to evaluate the validity of the Arabic translation of the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) in pregnant and postpartum women. Methods A sample of 268 women participated. These included 113 women in their third trimester of pregnancy, 97 in the postpartum period and 58 healthy female university students. GHQ-12 and EPDS were also administered to the participants. Internal consistency reliability, assessed using Cronbach's α, was 0.74. Results PSS-10 significantly correlated with both EPDS and GHQ12 (ρ = 0.58 and ρ = 0.48 respectively), and significantly increased with higher scores on stressful life events. PSS-10 scores were higher among university students who also recorded higher stressful life events scores. Conclusion The Arabic translated version of the PSS-10 showed reasonably adequate psychometric properties.

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