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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

The Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Scale: Psychometric, Operative and Epidemiologic Study in a Portuguese Sample.

Ana Telma Pereira, Ana Araújo, Julieta Azevedo, Cristiana C Marques, Maria João Soares, Carolina Cabaços, Mariana Marques, Daniela Pereira, Michele Pato, António Macedo

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Ana Telma PereiraInstitute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9980-441X
Ana AraújoInstitute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8407-5821
Julieta AzevedoInstitute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8537-1043
Cristiana C MarquesInstitute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9594-9352
Maria João SoaresInstitute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.
Carolina CabaçosInstitute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.
Mariana MarquesInstitute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.
Daniela PereiraInstitute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0249-1603
Michele PatoKeck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
António MacedoInstitute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2180-2718

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backgroundAlthough obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms are common in the perinatal period, measures to comprehensively assess their presence, frequency, interference and severity are lacking. The Perinatal Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (POCS) is the only self-report questionnaire with context-specific items. It includes items to assess perinatal-specific obsessions and compulsions, a severity scale and an interference scale.

objectives(1) to analyze the validity and reliability of the Portuguese version of the POCS; (2) to find Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) prevalence in postpartum and determine the POCS cut-off scores and its accuracy (sensitivity, specificity and predictive values) in screening for OCD according to DSM-5 criteria; (3) to describe the prevalence, content, severity, interference and onset of OC symptoms in the postpartum.

methods212 women in postpartum filled in a booklet, including the POCS Portuguese preliminary version, the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale and the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale; they were interviewed with the Diagnostic Interview for Psychological Distress-Postpartum.

resultsConfirmatory Factor Analysis revealed that POCS presented acceptable fit indexes (χ

conclusionsThe Portuguese version of POCS has good validity, reliability and accuracy and may be considered ready for use in both clinic and research fields. POCS provides specific information regarding symptoms and individual patterns experienced by each woman, which allows normalization, destigmatization and personalized intervention.

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Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderPostpartum PeriodEpidemiologic StudiesFemaleHumansPortugalPregnancyPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychometricsReproducibility of Resultscompulsionsobsessionsobsessive–compulsive disorderperinatalpostpartumpsychometrics

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