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. 2024 Oct 24;12(1):588.
doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-02112-x.

Turkish adaptation of the antenatal risk questionnaire-revised: study of validity and reliability

Ali Cetin  1 , Filiz Yarsilikal Guleroglu  2 , Melike Punduk  1 , Tuba Ucar  3 , Osman Tayyar Celik  4 , Zehra Golbasi  5 , Emine Fusun Akyuz Cim  6 , Sinem Tekin  1 , Nicole Reilly  7   8
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Turkish adaptation of the antenatal risk questionnaire-revised: study of validity and reliability

Ali Cetin et al. BMC Psychol. .

Abstract

Objective: This study sought to translate the Antenatal Risk Questionnaire-Revised (ANRQ-R) into Turkish and evaluate its psychometric properties for assessing psychosocial vulnerabilities among Turkish-speaking pregnant women.

Methods: The ANRQ-R was translated into Turkish following standard linguistic adaptation procedures. Psychometric properties were then examined using a cross-sectional study design, involving 156 pregnant women recruited from antenatal clinics in Turkey. Participants completed the Turkish ANRQ-R and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Statistical analyses, including intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) for test-retest reliability, Pearson correlation analysis for item-total test correlations, and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis for diagnostic accuracy, were conducted.

Results: The ANRQ-R Turkish version showed high test-retest reliability with an ICC of 0.888 for the total score. Moderate to good ICCs were obtained for individual Likert-type items (0.572-0.849). Criterion-related validity was established via moderate correlations with the EPDS and its anxiety subscale EPDS-3 A (r = 0.537 and r = 0.431, respectively). ROC analysis demonstrated good discriminatory power (Area Under the Curve = 0.75) with an optimal cut-off score of 17, yielding 78% sensitivity and 65% specificity for identifying potential depression cases.

Conclusions: This study provides preliminary evidence of the overall reliability of the Turkish version of the ANRQ-R as a measure of psychosocial risk among Turkish-speaking women during pregnancy. Despite some limitations in item-level internal consistency indicators, integration of the ANRQ-R into routine antenatal care could enhance early identification and intervention strategies, potentially improving maternal health outcomes. Future research should aim to further validate the scale across diverse populations and settings, using a diagnostic tool as the reference standard.

Keywords: ANRQ-R; Perinatal mental health; Psychometric evaluation; Reliability; Turkish adaptation; Validity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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