Preventing further trauma: KINDEX mum screen - assessing and reacting towards psychosocial risk factors in pregnant women with the help of smartphone technologies [original]

Thisabstractwaspresentedatthesymposium“Traumaassessment2.0:Usingcustomized

computerappsinclinicalresearchandpraxis”attheXIIICongressofEuropeanSocietyof

TraumaticStressStudies(ESTSS)Conference,Bologna,Italy

PREVENTINGFURTHERTRAUMA:KINDEXMUMSCREEN–

ASSESSINGANDREACTINGTOWARDSPSYCHOLOGICALRISK

FACTORSINPREGNANTWOMENWITHTHEHELPOFSMARTPHONE

TECHNOLOGIES

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M.Ruf‐Leuschner1,R.Pryss2,M.Liebrecht2,J.Schobel2,A.Spyridou1, M. Reichert2 and M.

Schauer1

1–DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofKonstanz&vivointernational,Konstanz,Germany;

2–InstituteofDatabasesandInformationSystems,UniversityofUlm,Ulm,Germany

TheKINDEXmumscreenhasbeendesignedtobeadministeredbygynecologistsandmidwives

duringpregnancyfortheassessmentofthemainpsychosocialdevelopmentalriskfactors,which

includetraumaticexperiencesoftheparents,intimatepartnerviolence,drugabuse,ahistoryof

mentalhealthproblems,poverty,acutestress,andothers.Inaddition,wehavedevelopedaself‐

assessmentversionthatrunsontabletcomputers(iPads).ValidationoftheKINDEXhasbeen

successfully completed in Germany, Spain, Greece, and Peru. Gynecologists or midwives

interviewed80120pregnantwomenineachcountry.Arandomizedsubsampleofrespondents

wasassessedbytrainedclinicalpsychologistsusingstandardizedstructuralinterviewstoassess

perceived stress and mental disorders. 14‐months after giving birththenewmotherswere

interviewedagainandthepredictivevalueofthe KINDEXwasassessedbystructuredclinical

interviewsandtheanalysisofthecortisollevels(depositedinhairoveramonth)ofmotherand

childasindicatorforstress.TheresultsshowthattheKINDEXassessesvalidinformationabout

existing risk factors through a structured 15‐minute interview withthepregnantwomenor

through the application of this instrument as self‐rating on a tabletcomputer.Thetablet

computerapplicationinadditiontothepaperpencilversionhas the advantage of automatic

analysisofthedataandinstantrecommendationforfurthersupportofthepregnantwoman.