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Pregnancy-Related Empowerment Scale (PRES)

Pregnancy-Related Empowerment Scale (PRES) is a 16-item measure of an individual's health-related empowerment during pregnancy as related to prenatal care. This scale is written in both Spanish and English and cover 4 topics: 1) Provider connectedness, 2)Skillful decision-making, 3) Peer connectedness and 4) Gaining voice.

Categories

Geographies Tested: United States of America

Populations Included: Female

Age Range: Adults

Items:

Provider connectedness
1. I can ask my health care provider about my pregnancy.
2. I have enough time with my health care provider to discuss my pregnancy.
3. My health care provider listens to me.
4. My health care provider respects me.
5. I expect my health care provider to respect my decisions about my pregnancy.
6. My health care provider respects my decision, even if it is different than her/his recommendation.

Skillful decision-making
7. I take responsibility for the decisions I make about my pregnancy like eating health food.
8. I can tell when I have made a good health choice.
9. Since I began prenatal care, I have been making more decisions about my health.

Peer connectedness
10. Women need to share experiences with other women when they are pregnant.
11. I share my feelings and experiences with other women.

Gaining voice
12. I know if I am gaining the right amount of weight during my pregnancy.
13. I have a right to ask questions when I don't understand something about my pregnancy.
14. I am able to change things in my life that are not healthy for me.
15. I am doing what I can to have a healthy baby.
16. If something is going wrong in my pregnancy, I know who to talk to.

Response Options:
4-point Likert scale
Strongly disagree - 1
Strongly agree - 4

Scoring Procedures

The mean is computed for the total scale score, ranging from 1-4.

Original Citation

Klima, C. S., Vonderheid, S. C., Norr, K. F., & Park, C. G. (2015). Development of the Pregnancy-related Empowerment Scale. Nursing and Health, 3(5), 120-127. https://doi.org/10.13189/nh.2015.030503.


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