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Italian translation and validation of the Perinatal Grief Scale
Author(s) -
Ravaldi Claudia,
Bettiol Alessandra,
Crescioli Giada,
Lombardi Niccolò,
Biffino Marco,
Romeo Gianpaolo,
Levi Miriam,
Bonaiuti Roberto,
Vannacci Alfredo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/scs.12772
Subject(s) - grief , concordance , cronbach's alpha , likert scale , kappa , clinical psychology , psychology , scale (ratio) , coping (psychology) , medicine , psychiatry , psychometrics , developmental psychology , cartography , linguistics , philosophy , geography
Aims The short version of the Perinatal Grief Scale ( PGS ) has 33 items of Likert type whose answers vary from 1 (strongly agree) to 5 (strongly disagree), and is used to assess the grief after perinatal loss and to identify women at major need of specific support. This is the first attempt to validate an Italian version of PGS . Materials and methods The English version of PGS by Potvin et al. was translated into Italian by a professional mother tongue English translator. The survey was administered at 3 different times (translated Italian version; original English version after 10 days; and same Italian version after other 10 days) to 16 Italian/English bilingual women who had experienced a perinatal loss. The reproducibility among the three administrations and concordance were assessed using Cronbach's alpha and Cohen's kappa, respectively. Results Considering the PGS , median score ranged from 74.5 (58.5–94.5) to 78 (64–95), with no significant difference among the three questionnaire administrations (p = 0.616). No significant difference emerged among the three administered questionnaires for subscales (p = 0.095, 0.410 and 0.410 for ‘active grief’ AG , ‘difficulty in coping’ DC and ‘despair’ D scores, respectively). Concordance varied from good to very good among all questionnaire administrations. Conclusions This Italian version of the PGS can be used by clinicians to assess Italian women's responses to stillbirth and perinatal loss, as well as by researchers for research purposes.