Prenatal screening for psychosocial risks in a high risk-population in Peru using the KINDEX interview

Table 1 Overview of the risk factors, scales, number of items and risk definition

	Risk Factor	Number of Items	Scale	Definition as a risk	Items included in the KINDEX Sum Score
1	Age	1	Ordinal	≤ 21	1
2	Migration	2	Binary	Immigration mother or father	2^a
3	Single Parent	1	Binary	Single parent	1
4	Financial problems	2	Binary	Worry about financial problems	2
4	Financial problems	2	Binary	Housing index ≤ 0.5 (rooms/person)	2
5	Physical Symptoms, complications, medical risks	3	Binary	Physical Symptoms, complications, medical risks	3
6	Prenatal Attachment	5	Binary	Unplanned Pregnancy	5
6	Prenatal Attachment	5	Ordinal	Concerns 7–10 (Mother and Father) Joy 0–3 (Mother and Father)	5
7	Perceived Stress	4	Ordinal	Stress ≥ 12	1^b
8	Traumatic Experiences during childhood	2	Binary	Physical Abuse Sexual Abuse	2
9	Intimate partner Violence	4	Binary	Fighting increase; vociferous fights in the past 8 weeks; fisticuffs in the last 8 weeks; violence in a previous relationship.	4
10	Substance Abuse	6	Binary	Nicotine, Alcohol, Drugs/mother and father.	5^c
11	Mental Illness	4	Binary	Ever-psychiatric diagnosis, inpatient treatment, psychotropic drugs, asked for help	4

Note: ^a none of the mothers or father were immigrants, ^bnone of the women Stress ≥ 12, ^cnone of the participants was consuming illicit drugs

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