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Table 4 Distributions of scales (medians, means, and standard deviations) and correlations with PASS

From: Validation of the Persian version of the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS) among antenatal and postnatal women

Scale

Median

Mean (SD)

Range

Spearman’s Rho ( p- value)

PASS-IR

41

45.63 (14.42)

3–97

-

EPDS-10

20

19.65 (4.01)

6–26

0.42 (< 0.001)

BAI-21

23

27.41 (6.32)

5–63

0.53 (< 0.001)

DASS-21 (depression)

10

13.04 (8.50)

0–42

0.51 (< 0.001)

DASS-21 (anxiety)

12

13.23 (9.56)

0–42

0.49 (< 0.001)

DASS-21 (stress)

18

19.10 (11.24)

0–42

0.49 (< 0.001)

Adverse life events

  Divorce/Separated

0

0.42 (1.23)

0–3

0.21 (0.10)

  Problems at work

0

0.56 (1.62)

0–3

0.11 (0.002)

  Financial problems

1

0.23 (0.46)

0–3

0.16 (0.42)

  Lost someone close

0

0.39 (0.35)

0–3

0.07 (0.02)

  Illness in the family

0

0.85 (1.27)

0–3

0.12 (0.007)

  Conflict with friends/family

0

0.97 (1.51)

0–3

0.13 (0.0005)

  Seriously ill/injured

0

0.95 (1.17)

0–3

0.22 (0.07)

  Serious accident/fire/robbery

0

0.87 (1.12)

0–3

0.12 (0.005)

  Exposure to any life event during pregnancy

1

1.55 (1.31)

0–3

0.05 (0.002)

  Pregnancy problems

1

1.32 (1.19)

0–3

0.18 (0.07)