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Factor analysis study of the Hungarian translation of Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (version A)

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The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire A (W-DEQ A) has been extensively used to investigate fear of childbirth in pregnancy. This study aimed to assess the psychometric characteristics of W-DEQ A in Hungarian pregnant women. The Hungarian translation of W-DEQ A, Beck Depression Inventory-Short Form and Beck Anxiety Inventory were administered to 343 healthy Hungarian pregnant women in late pregnancy. Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed using SPSS and AMOS softwares, respectively. EFA yielded in four factors (‘Isolation’, ‘Lack of positive emotions’, ‘Moment of birth’ and ‘Fear’) of 30 items of W-DEQ A. CFA confirmed multidimensionality of the instrument with satisfactory indices. Each factor showed high reliability. The Cronbach’s α coefficient for the instrument was 0.92. W-DEQ A scores correlated fairly with anxiety and depression scores, indicating a distinction between fear of childbirth and general anxiety and depression. The Hungarian version of W-DEQ A proved to be a valid and reliable instrument in nulliparous and multiparous Hungarian women. Due to confirming the multidimensional structure of the instrument, calculation of a total score is suggested to be avoided.

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Acknowledgments

We appreciate all pregnant women who agreed to participate in this study and especially midwives working at the NST laboratory for their great cooperation in data collection.

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This work was supported by the Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs Hungary. The DSHS did not have a role in the study design, data analysis, and interpretation, or in writing this manuscript.

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  1. Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Vörösmarty u. 4, Pécs, H-7621, Hungary

    Vahideh MoghaddamHosseini & Alexandra Makai

  2. Department of Midwifery, School of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran

    Vahideh MoghaddamHosseini

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health Care Centre of Csongrád County, Makó, Hungary

    Diana Dweik

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pécs, Édesanyák u. 17, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary

    Ákos Várnagy

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The present study was the secondary analysis of participants data recruited for the Ph.D. thesis project of the corresponding author approved by The Regional and Institutional Committee of Science and Research Ethics of the University of Pécs, Hungary (No. 5923).

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MoghaddamHosseini, V., Makai, A., Dweik, D. et al. Factor analysis study of the Hungarian translation of Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (version A). Curr Psychol 39, 1098–1105 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9964-x

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