ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2021
Validation of the intolerance of uncertainty scale as a screening tool for perinatal anxiety.
Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05691140 (Prevention of Postpartum Anxiety in High-Risk Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Prevention of Postpartum Anxiety in High-Risk Women: A Proof-of-Concept Randomized Clinical Trial
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Validation of the intolerance of uncertainty scale-12 in a sample of pregnant people.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Trial
- Psychological Mechanisms in Fear of Childbirth: Intolerance of Uncertainty in Nulliparous and Multiparous Women.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Latent profile analysis of psychological help-seeking stigma and influential factors among Hainan medical students.PloS one · 2025Article
- The education of experience: Mixed methods evidence demonstrates the benefit of multiparity.Midwifery · 2024Article
- The Worry Behaviors Inventory-Perinatal Revised: Adaptation and Initial Validation for Use in Perinatal Samples.Assessment · 2024Article
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- The Application of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Model to Gambling Urge and Involvement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Maternal mental health: Women's voices and data from across the globe.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Evaluation of an Augmented Cognitive Behavioural Group Therapy for Perinatal Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo date, there is a significant lack of research validating clinical tools for early and accurate detection of anxiety disorders in perinatal populations. Intolerance of uncertainty was recently identified as a significant risk factor for postpartum anxiety symptoms and is a key trait of non-perinatal anxiety disorders. The present study aimed to validate the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS) in a perinatal population and evaluate its use as a screening tool for anxiety disorders.
methodsPsychiatric diagnoses were assessed in a sample of perinatal women (n = 198), in addition to completing a self-report battery of questionnaires. Psychometric properties including internal consistency and convergent and discriminant validity were assessed. Determination of an optimal clinical cut-off score was measured through a ROC analysis in which the area under the curve, sensitivity, specificity, as well as positive and negative predictive values were calculated.
resultsThe IUS demonstrated excellent internal consistency (α = 0.95) and an optimal clinical cut-off score of 64 or greater was established, yielding a sensitivity of 89%. The IUS also demonstrated very good positive (79%) and negative (80%) predictive values.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that the IUS represents a clinically useful screening tool to be used as an aid for the early and accurate detection of perinatal anxiety.
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