First Balkan Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-B) among high-risk pregnancies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnancy is a particularly delicate period in which many health-related changes lead to changes in the perception of women's well-being, in both physiological and especially high-risk pregnancies. In high-risk pregnancies, the relationship between illness perception and general well-being is even more complicated as sometimes there might not be any apparent signs or symptoms, but the pregnant woman or foetus still might be at risk.

Aims

To assess the validity and reliability of the existing Serbian version of the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) in a specific population of pregnant women with high-risk pregnancies (HRP).

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study including 290 patients hospitalized at the Clinic for Gynaecology and Obstetrics,

SUBMITTER: Macura M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12561911 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature