Pilot study to test the Slovenian version of the Kennerley-Gath Blues questionnaire

Golež, Mirjam (author), Mivšek, Ana Polona (author)

Introduction: Postpartum blues in 20% of cases develops into postnatal depression if it lasts longer than 14 days, so the condition requires attention. To help Slovenian midwives in screening for postpartum blues, we aimed to translate the Kennerly–Garth Blues Questionnaire (BQ). Methods: The blues questionnaire was translated using a double-blind translation method. The Cathedra for Midwifery at the Faculty Health Sciences Ljubljana reviewed the ethics and research design of the study. The online survey was conducted among Slovenian postpartum women who had to be between the 3rd and 15th day postpartum (inclusion criteria). A snowball sampling was used. The online questionnaire was active from January to March 2020. Women voluntarily participated in the survey and were assured of anonymity. Results: A total of 101 women participated in the study. More than half (58%) scored ≥7 points in the questionnaire, which is the cut-off score, indicating postpartum blues. More single women obtained a high score (66.6%) than those who were married (63.6%) or in an extramarital relationship (50.9%). High questionnaire scores were more common among women who had had their second child. Cronbach alpha for the Slovenian version of the Blues questionnaire was 0.995. Conclusions: The survey instrument can be used easily and quickly and is a good way to open discussion with women about emotional and mental health in the postnatal period. The Slovenian version of the Blues questionnaire showed a satisfactory level of internal consistency, but a larger study should be conducted to evaluate the cut-off score and the content validity

• Language: English
• Keywords: postnatal depression, screening, postnatal well-being, questionnaire, midwife support, validation of the tool, poporodna depresija, presejalni pregled, poporodno počutje, vprašalnik, podpora babice, potrditev orodja
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.03 - Short Scientific Article
• Organization: ZF - Faculty of Health Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Submitted for review: 26.11.2020
• Article acceptance date: 09.09.2021
• Publication date: 22.10.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 1-4, article 47
• Numbering: Vol. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-132407
• UDC: 618.2/.7:616.895.4
• ISSN on article: 2585-2906
• DOI: 10.18332/ejm/142107
• COBISS.SI-ID: 82102531
• Publication date in RUL: 25.10.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: European journal of midwifery
• Shortened title: Eur. j. midwifery
• Publisher: EU. European Publishing
• ISSN: 2585-2906
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5502315

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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• Licensing start date: 22.10.2021

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Keywords: poporodna depresija, presejalni pregled, poporodno počutje, vprašalnik, podpora babice, potrditev orodja