Adaptation of the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale in Bangladeshi Context

This study tested the factor structure, reliability and validity of the Bangla translated Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS). Three scales the Bangla Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS), the Anxiety Measuring Scale and the Depression Measuring Scale were applied to 151 participants (women who were in their perinatal phase). Among them 24.5% were pregnant and 75.5% were in postpartum phase. 27 participants were retested over a period of 15 days to examine test-retest reliability. Consider with the original studies, exploratory factor analysis showed 4 factor solution of the Bangla PASS with X2 = 2.201, df = 465 and p < 0.01. The temporal stability and internal consistency was also satisfactory (Cronbach's Alpha .970). The Bangla PASS significantly and positively associated with Anxiety Measuring Scale and the Depression Measuring Scale at p < 0.01. There was no significant difference of PASS score between different groups according to perinatal phase, education level, occupation, socioeconomic status and having physical illness.