City birth trauma scale-updates to the Portuguese version

Abstract

In the article “Cross-cultural adaptation of the City Birth Trauma Scale for the Brazilian context” we described the process of transcultural adaptation and face validity assessment of the City Birth Trauma Scale (City BiTS) to Brazilian Portuguese. This scale is the first to investigate the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder related to childbirth in mothers according to current criteria. The importance of the instrument lies in the fact that the condition has a relevant prevalence (community samples: 3.1%; clinical samples: 15.7%) and that screening and diagnosis are not widespread, hindering the implementation of adequate therapeutic approaches.