Development and Testing of Stress and Stressors Scale of Risky Pregnant Women in the Hospital

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 65 - 77, 07.08.2023

Samiye Mete , Hülya Özberk , Elif Uludağ

Abstract

The aim of the study is to development and testing a scale to determine hospital-related stress and stressors that can be applied for risky pregnant women in all three trimesters. This is a methodological study. It was conducted from in the perinatology clinics of two training and research hospitals, between September 2019- December 2020 with 200 risky pregnant women. The data were collected with a sociodemographic form and the Stress and Stressors Scale of Risky Pregnant Women in Hospital. The construct validity of the scale was determined via exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The scale consists of 20 items and five subdimensions. Cronbach’s alpha value is 0.87 for total scales. This value study showed that the scale is a valid and reliable. The scale can be used to determine hospital-related stress and stressors for all at-risky pregnant women and to contribute to planning of interventions for women' stress.

Keywords

risky pregnancy, stress, stressor, reliability, Hospital, validity

Hastanedeki Riskli Gebe Kadınlar İçin Stres ve Stresörler Ölçeğinin Geliştirilmesi ve Test Edilmesi

Abstract

Çalışmanın amacı, her üç trimesterdeki riskli gebeler için uygulanabilecek hastane ile ilgili stres ve stresörleri belirlemeye yönelik bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Bu metodolojik çalışma, Eylül 2019-Aralık 2020 tarihleri arasında iki eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinin perinatoloji kliniklerinde 200 adet riskli gebe ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler sosyodemografik form ve Hastanedeki Riskli Gebelerin Stres ve Stresörleri Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliliği açıklayıcı faktör analizi ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ile belirlenmiştir. Ölçek, 20 madde ve beş alt boyuttan oluşmaktadır. Ölçeğin toplamı için Cronbach's alfa değeri 0.87'dir. Bu çalışma, ölçeğin geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek olduğunu göstermiştir. Ölçek, tüm riskli gebe kadınlar için hastane ile ilgili stres ve stresörleri belirlemek ve kadınların stresine yönelik müdahalelerin planlanmasına katkıda bulunmak için kullanılabilir.

Keywords

riskli gebelik, stres, stresör, geçerlik, güvenirlik

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