Spanish version of Pregnancy Symptoms Inventory: transcultural adaptation and reliability.
AIM
To transcultural adapt and analyze the reliability of Spanish version of Pregnancy Symptoms Inventory (PSI) and assess the prevalence of pregnancy symptoms in Spanish pregnant women.


MATERIALS AND METHODS
A subsample of 120 healthy pregnant women answered the PSI twice and a sample of 280 report the prevalence and limitation of pregnancy symptoms. The reliability was examined by means of percent agreement and weighted Kappa coefficients. The prevalence of pregnancy symptoms was evaluated by the frequency of answers.


RESULTS
Perfect and perfect-acceptable agreement was observed in 82% and 96% of the pregnant women, respectively. Weighted Kappa coefficients ranged from 0.589 to 0.889, indicating a good reliability. The most frequent symptoms perceived by Spanish pregnant women were urinary frequency, poor sleep, increased vaginal discharge and tiredness.


CONCLUSION
Spanish Pregnancy Symptoms Inventory is a brief, conceptually equivalent and satisfactory reliable tool that allows an early assessment of the wide range of pregnancy symptoms in the health care practices.
['Oviedo-Caro|Miguel A|MA|', 'Bueno-Antequera|Javier|J|', 'Munguía-Izquierdo|Diego|D|']
D000293:Adolescent D000328:Adult D005260:Female D006801:Humans D011247:Pregnancy D011248:Pregnancy Complications D015995:Prevalence D011788:Quality of Life D015203:Reproducibility of Results D013030:Spain D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires D063189:Symptom Assessment D014177:Translations D055815:Young Adult
Pregnancy symptoms health-related quality of life pregnancy discomfort prenatal care prenatal diagnosis