TY - JOUR
T1 - External Validation and Test-Retest Reliability of Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire in Spanish Mothers
AU - Farré-Sender, Borja
AU - Roca-Lecumberri, Alba
AU - Andrés-Perpiña, Susana
AU - Palacios-Hernández, Bruma
AU - Subirà-Álvarez, Susana
AU - Sureda, Bàrbara
AU - Gelabert, Estel
AU - Torres-Giménez, Anna
AU - García-Esteve, Lluïsa
PY - 2021/10/11
Y1 - 2021/10/11
N2 - The aim of the present study was to validate the Spanish Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ) against external criteria of bonding disorder, as well as to establish its test-retest reliability. One hundred fifty-six postpartum women consecutively recruited from a perinatal mental health outpatient unit completed the PBQ at 4-6 weeks postpartum. Four weeks later, all mothers completed again the PBQ and were interviewed using the Birmingham Interview for Maternal Mental Health to establish the presence of a bonding disorder. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed an area under the curve (AUC) value for the PBQ total score of 0.93, 95% CI [0.88, 0.98], with the optimal cut-off of 13 for detecting bonding disorders (sensitivity: 92%, specificity: 87%). Optimal cut-off scores for each scale were also obtained. The test-retest reliability coefficients were moderate to good. Our data confirm the validity of PBQ for detecting bonding disorders in Spanish population.
AB - The aim of the present study was to validate the Spanish Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ) against external criteria of bonding disorder, as well as to establish its test-retest reliability. One hundred fifty-six postpartum women consecutively recruited from a perinatal mental health outpatient unit completed the PBQ at 4-6 weeks postpartum. Four weeks later, all mothers completed again the PBQ and were interviewed using the Birmingham Interview for Maternal Mental Health to establish the presence of a bonding disorder. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed an area under the curve (AUC) value for the PBQ total score of 0.93, 95% CI [0.88, 0.98], with the optimal cut-off of 13 for detecting bonding disorders (sensitivity: 92%, specificity: 87%). Optimal cut-off scores for each scale were also obtained. The test-retest reliability coefficients were moderate to good. Our data confirm the validity of PBQ for detecting bonding disorders in Spanish population.
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Object Attachment
KW - Reproducibility of Results
KW - Depression, Postpartum/diagnosis
KW - Humans
KW - Female
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Postpartum Period
KW - Mothers
KW - Mother-Child Relations
UR - https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=8100676
U2 - 10.1017/SJP.2021.44
DO - 10.1017/SJP.2021.44
M3 - Article
C2 - 34629123
SN - 1138-7416
VL - 24
JO - The Spanish Journal of Psychology
JF - The Spanish Journal of Psychology
M1 - e47
ER -
