Spanish version of Pregnancy Symptoms Inventory: transcultural adaptation and reliability.
OBJECTIVE
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.


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.


CONCLUSIONS
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.
a Department of Sports and Computer Science , Section of Physical Education and Sports, University Pablo de Olavide , Seville , Spain.
Miguel A
MA
Oviedo-Caro
a Department of Sports and Computer Science , Section of Physical Education and Sports, University Pablo de Olavide , Seville , Spain.
Javier
J
Bueno-Antequera
a Department of Sports and Computer Science , Section of Physical Education and Sports, University Pablo de Olavide , Seville , Spain.
Diego
D
Munguía-Izquierdo
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D063189:Symptom Assessment; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult
Pregnancy symptoms; health-related quality of life; pregnancy discomfort; prenatal care; prenatal diagnosis