How do different childbirth experience scales predict childbirth-related posttraumatic stress symptoms and disorder?

Tia Mäkelä Terhi SaistoKatariina Salmela-AroHanna Rouhe

Published in: Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology (2023)

All included scales recognized partial or full PTSD well. Although W-DEQ-B performed best, VAS (measured twice) with cutoff value of 50 mm is most suitable for screening in clinical circumstances.

Keyphrases

posttraumatic stress disorder
social support
sleep quality
heat stress