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Although assessment for maternal mental health problems is integrated in routine perinatal care, screening for maternal childbirth-related PTSD (CB-PTSD) remains lacking. Acute emotional distress in response to a traumatic event strongly associates with PTSD. The brief 13-item Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI) is a common tool to assess acute distress in non-postpartum individuals. How well the PDI specified to childbirth can classify women likely to endorse CB-PTSD is unknown.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We sought to determine the utility of the PDI to detect CB-PTSD in the early postpartum period. This involved examining the psychometric properties of the PDI specified to childbirth, pertaining to its factorial structure, and establishing an optimal cutoff point for the classification of women with high vs. low likelihood of endorsing CB-PTSD.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Study Design<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A sample of 3,039 eligible women who had recently given birth provided information about their mental health and childbirth experience. They completed the PDI regarding their recent childbirth event, and a PTSD symptom screen to determine CB-PTSD. We employed Exploratory Graph Analysis (EGA) and bootstrapping analysis to reveal the factorial structure of the PDI and the optimal PDI cutoff value for CB-PTSD classification.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Factor analysis of the PDI shows two strongly correlated stable factors based on a modified 12-item version of the PDI consisting of (1) negative emotions and (2) bodily arousal and threat appraisal in regard to recent childbirth. This structure largely accords with prior studies of individuals who experienced acute distress resulting from other forms of trauma. We report that a score of 15 or higher on the modified PDI produces strong sensitivity and specificity. 88% of women with a positive CB-PTSD screen in the first postpartum months and 93% with a negative screen are identified as such using the established cutoff.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Our work reveals that a brief self-report screening concerning a woman\u2019s immediate emotional reactions to childbirth that uses our modified PDI tool can detect women likely to endorse CB-PTSD in the early postpartum period. This form of maternal mental health assessment may serve as the initial step of managing symptoms to ultimately prevent chronic symptom manifestation. Future research is needed to examine the utility of employing the PDI as an assessment performed during maternity hospitalization stay in women following complicated deliveries to further guide recommendations to implement maternal mental health screening for women at high risk for developing CB-PTSD.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1101\/2023.04.23.23288976","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,26]],"date-time":"2023-04-26T15:15:28Z","timestamp":1682522128000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Screening for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following Childbirth using the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2755-2097","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kathleen M.","family":"Jagodnik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3078-7591","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tsachi","family":"Ein-Dor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4557-2972","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sabrina J.","family":"Chan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adi Titelman","family":"Ashkenazy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1206-1754","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alon","family":"Bartal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4528-0993","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sharon","family":"Dekel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"54368","reference":[{"key":"2023042813500880000_2023.04.23.23288976v1.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jad.2020.12.101"},{"key":"2023042813500880000_2023.04.23.23288976v1.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1523-536X.2003.00215.x"},{"key":"2023042813500880000_2023.04.23.23288976v1.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjgh-2021-007077"},{"issue":"4","key":"2023042813500880000_2023.04.23.23288976v1.4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"656","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2022.05.051","article-title":"Validation of childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder using psychophysiological assessment","volume":"227","year":"2022","journal-title":"American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology"},{"key":"2023042813500880000_2023.04.23.23288976v1.5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"409","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2018.00409","article-title":"Development of a measure of postpartum PTSD: the city birth trauma scale","volume":"9","year":"2018","journal-title":"Front Psychiatry"},{"key":"2023042813500880000_2023.04.23.23288976v1.6","first-page":"560","article-title":"Childbirth Induced Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Prevalence and Risk Factors","volume":"8","year":"2017","journal-title":"Front Psychol"},{"key":"2023042813500880000_2023.04.23.23288976v1.7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"102157","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cpr.2022.102157","article-title":"Prevalence and risk factors of birth-related posttraumatic stress among parents: A comparative systematic review and meta analysis","volume":"94","year":"2022","journal-title":"Clin Psychol Rev"},{"key":"2023042813500880000_2023.04.23.23288976v1.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jad.2016.10.009"},{"key":"2023042813500880000_2023.04.23.23288976v1.9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Van Sieleghem S , Danckaerts M , Rieken R et al. 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