Reliability of prospective and retrospective maternal reports of prenatal experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Extant perinatal research utilizes retrospective reports on the prenatal environment, but there are limited data on the validity of retrospective data compared with prospective data. The current study examined the reliability of birth mothers' memory of prenatal stress and distress and perinatal risks at 6-months postpartum with maternal reports gathered across each trimester of pregnancy and explored whether recall varied with maternal socioeconomic status.

Methods

Surveys were collected from 34 pregnant women (M age = 29.14, SD = 5.06 years, 83% non-Hispanic White) on stress, distress, and pregnancy complications at 12(T1), 26(T2), and 38(T3) weeks of pregnancy, and at 6-month post-partum asking the same questions but specifically about the pregnancy. Cohen's ka

SUBMITTER: Rolan EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793511 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature