IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 50 / Issue 9 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5009189
Open Access Original Research
Validity and Reliability of the Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale in a Chinese Clinical Sample: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study
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1 Admission Preparation Center, Jiaxing Maternity and Children Health Care Hospital, Affiliated Women and Children Hospital, Jiaxing University, 314000 Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
2 Nursing Department, Jiaxing Maternity and Children Health Care Hospital, Affiliated Women and Children Hospital, Jiaxing University, 314000 Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
3 Emergency Department, Jiaxing Maternity and Children Health Care Hospital, Affiliated Women and Children Hospital, Jiaxing University, 314000 Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
*Correspondence: 94562580@qq.com (Shuihong Su)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2023, 50(9), 189; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5009189
Submitted: 26 April 2023 | Revised: 26 May 2023 | Accepted: 9 June 2023 | Published: 19 September 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: This study introduced the Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale (PGIS) and applied it to assess the reliability and validity of perinatal loss in Chinese mothers. Methods: To sinicize PGIS and cultural debugging of the scale, reliability validity was assessed in this prospective cross-sectional study. Results: The Chinese version of the PGIS contained 14 items in three dimensions: reality, confront others, and congruence. The content validity index (CVI) at the total scale level, mean scale level, and item level was 0.92, 0.909, and 0.860–1.000. Exploratory factors were identified as three metric factors with a cumulative variance contribution rate of 66.627%. The Chinese version of the Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS) was used as a calibration standard, and the correlation coefficient was 0.759. The total Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the Chinese version of the PGIS was 0.768, with a fold-half reliability of 0.749. The scale showed good reliability and validity. Conclusions: The Chinese version of the PGIS was used as a calibration standard by exploratory factor testing, and the correlation coefficient was good, and the scale had good reliability and validity for application in China.

Keywords
fetal loss
perinatal grief
scale
validity
reliability
Chinese version
Funding
2022AD30097/Jiaxing Science and Technology Project
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