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{"title":"Role of admission cardiotocography in predicting the obstetric outcome in term antenatal women: A prospective observational study.","authors":"Naina Kumar,&nbsp;Monu Yadav","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Admission cardiotocography (CTG) used for fetal heart rate monitoring is an easy, cost-effective, non-invasive screening method for fetal well-being.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the role of admission CTG in predicting fetal hypoxia in term antenatal women during labour ward admission and to correlate the results with perinatal and maternal outcomes.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The present prospective observational study was conducted in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the rural tertiary centre in Northern India over one year on 100 term antenatal women admitted to the labour ward in the first stage of labour. Participants were subjected to admission CTG for 20 minutes, and the pattern of fetal heart rate (reactive, suspicious, ominous) was recorded. Perinatal and maternal outcomes were assessed based on the fetal heart rate pattern on the admission CTG.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 100 term antenatal women, 51 were low-risk and 49 were high-risk cases. In the low-risk group, 92.16% had reactive traces, 3.92% suspicious and 3.92% ominous traces on admission CTG, whereas, in the high-risk group, 40.81% had reactive, 32.65% suspicious and 26.54% ominous tracing (p < 0.0001). The most common mode of delivery in both groups with ominous tracing was cesarean section (p = 0.0001). Abnormal CTG was significantly associated with adverse perinatal outcomes including poor one-minute Apgar scores (p < 0.05), need for resuscitation and NICU admission (p < 0.05). The specificity and negative predictive value of admission CTG in low- and high-risk groups were 97.9% and 93.6%, and 85.0% and 85.0%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Admission CTG is an effective, inexpensive, non-invasive technique to detect fetal hypoxia in low-and high-risk pregnancies in developing countries with an increased workload.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"26 1","pages":"43-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10032314/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9226563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Validity and reliability of the Greek version of Pregnancy Outcome Questionnaire (POQ).","authors":"Antigoni Sarantaki,&nbsp;Anastasia Nomikou,&nbsp;Athanasios Raptis","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>During the last decades a considerable increase in biological and psychosocial approaches have occurred so as to enhance the study of prenatal period. This study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of the Greek version of Pregnancy Outcome Questionnaire (POQ) in assessing pregnancy-related stress.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The study group consisted of 135 first-time expectant women with good knowledge of the Greek language, low-risk pregnancies and a gestational age of ≥24 weeks. Questionnaires containing the POQ scale questions in addition to other questions and scaleswere distributed in printed and digital format at private gynecological clinics. The collected data were analysed using the SPSS software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The POQ scale score showed satisfactory reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.8), while the factor analysis showed a major factor with an eigenvalue of 4.17 and an overall interpreted factor variance of 41%. The sample showed moderate intensity values on the scale. We observed that pregnancy-related characteristics affected the scale, while no significant correlations with demographic variables were recorded.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of the reliability and factor analyses evaluating the scale structure indicated that the tool performed well in Greek, had a compact structure with satisfying reliability, and is suitable for use in the Greek pregnant population. However, additional research is warranted to investigate the effect of various additional factors on the scale.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"26 1","pages":"35-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10032319/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9226079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pulse oximetry as a screening test for congenital heart disease in newborns.","authors":"Dalwinder Janjua,&nbsp;Japna Singh,&nbsp;Amit Agrawal","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-21-00033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-21-00033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Congenital heart disease (CHD) can be fatal if not diagnosed at the early phases of life. Available diagnostic tools for screening critical CHD are mostly invasive and costly.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The current study aimed to validate the use of pulse oximetry as a non-invasive and cost-effective tool to screen critical CHD.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This observational study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching institute. A total of 1,082 asymptomatic term neonates (aged 2-24 h) were screened by pulse oximetry and clinical examination for the detection of critical CHD. Neonates with abnormal pulse oximetry and clinical examination findings were subjected to confirm the presence of CHD.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The incidence of critical CHD in asymptomatic newborns was found to be 0.5% (5/1000 live births). Echocardiography confirmed five cases of critical CHD. Pulse oximetry alone could detect 80%, and clinical examination alone could detect 60% of the CHD cases, while combining both methods gave 100% detection rate.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Pulse oximetry is a simple, cost-effective, and reliable tool to diagnose critical CHD. In majority of the newborns who have not undergone fetal echocardiography, the underlying critical CHD can be missed, and in such cases, pulse oximetry screening offers an effective way to minimise the undiagnosed discharge risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"26 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10032324/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9226077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Undisturbed tubal pregnancies with positive fetal heart treated medically: Case study.","authors":"Mariam Obaid,&nbsp;Mohannad Abu-Faza,&nbsp;Ibrahim A Abdelazim,&nbsp;Hanan S Al-Khatlan,&nbsp;Aliaa M Al-Tuhoo","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The incidence of ectopic pregnancy (EP) is 1.3-2.4%. Suspicion of EP starts after a positive serum pregnancy test and failure to visualize the intrauterine gestational sac (GS) by transvaginal sonography (TVS). About 88% of tubal EPs are diagnosed by absent intrauterine GS and the presence of an adnexal mass during TVS. Medical treatment of EP using methotrexate (MTX) is cost-effective with a similar success rate to surgical treatment. The presence of fetal heart beats, β-human chorionic gonadotropin >5000 mIU/mL, and EP size >4 cm are relative contraindications for using MTX in the treatment of EP.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"26 1","pages":"124-126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10032323/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9227061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identifying factors associated with adolescents' Intention for childbirth.","authors":"Dimitra Varnakioti,&nbsp;Antigoni Sarantaki,&nbsp;Kleanthi Gourounti,&nbsp;Aikaterini Lykeridou","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Around the world, caesarean section rates have steadily increased over the past few decades. The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on nonclinical interventions to reduce caesarean section rates emphasize educational interventions and support programs.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>In this study, we have determined factors associated with adolescents' intention regarding childbirth options using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The sample was comprised of 480 high school students in Greece who were invited to complete a questionnaire consisting of three sections: a section on sociodemographic data; a section featuring the Adolescents' Intentions towards Birth Options (AIBO) scale, a recently developed instrument that accesses attitudes and intentions regarding vaginal birth and caesarean section; and a section detailing participants' awareness regarding reproduction and birth.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Multiple logistic regression found that participants' impressions of vaginal birth and the TPB constructs were significantly associated with intention towards caesarean section. In particular, participants with a negative impression of vaginal birth had a 2.20-fold higher probability of reporting their preference for caesarean section, compared to participants with neither a negative nor a positive impression. Furthermore, participants with higher scores on the \"Attitudes towards vaginal birth,\" \"Subjective norms,\" and \"Perceived behavior control over vaginal birth\" subscales had a significantly lower probability of reporting preference for caesarean section.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of the TPB to identify factors that influence adolescents' preference for childbirth. We highlight the necessity to implement nonclinical interventions to reduce the preference for caesarean section, providing evidence for developing school-based educational programs for a timely and consistency implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"26 1","pages":"93-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10032313/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9227063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gestational weight gain and blood pressure control in physiological pregnancy and pregnancy complicated by hypertension.","authors":"Tomasz Mikołaj Maciejewski,&nbsp;Ewa Szczerba,&nbsp;Agnieszka Zajkowska,&nbsp;Katarzyna Pankiewicz,&nbsp;Anna Bochowicz,&nbsp;Grzegorz Szewczyk,&nbsp;Grzegorz Opolski,&nbsp;Maciej Małecki,&nbsp;Anna Fijałkowska","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Obesity is a widely recognised risk factor for chronic and gestational hypertension. Influence of gestational weight gain on blood pressure control throughout the pregnancy is not well characterised.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Women in the third trimester of a singleton pregnancy were recruited to the study. Medical records were analysed and a special survey was conducted to obtain history on hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and weight changes during pregnancy. Blood pressure measurements were taken during the office visit in line with international guidelines. Relationships between gestational weight gain and maximal and office values of systolic and diastolic blood pressure values were analysed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data of 90 women in normal pregnancy, 40 with gestational hypertension and 21 with chronic hypertension were analysed. Gestational weight gain was 11.9 ± 4.6 kg in the normal pregnancy group, 13.0 ± 5 kg in the gestational hypertension group and 10.6 ± 3.4 kg in the chronic hypertension group. Gestational weight gain positively correlated with both office (r = 0.48; p < 0.001) and maximal blood pressure values (r = 0.34; p = 0.004) in normal pregnancy and with maximal blood pressure values (r = 0.57; p = 0.02) in women with chronic hypertension. No correlation was observed between gestational weight gain and blood pressure values among women with gestational hypertension.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In normal pregnancy and in women with chronic hypertension greater gestational weight gain is related to higher blood pressure values in the third trimester.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"26 1","pages":"66-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10032322/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9181366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What factors do young people define as determinants of their well-being? findings from the improve the youth project.","authors":"Dorota Kleszczewska,&nbsp;Anna Dzielska,&nbsp;Agnieszka Michalska,&nbsp;Cátia Branquinho,&nbsp;Tania Gaspar,&nbsp;Margarida Gaspar Dos Matos,&nbsp;Joanna Mazur","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.2021.2503SI.d-21-00031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.2021.2503SI.d-21-00031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The UN has recognised well-being as a main goal of The Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim was to identify the areas of mental health that are the most significant to teenagers.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The mixed-method approach was applied. Quantitative research included adolescents aged 11-15 years (6,026 in Portugal; 4,545 in Poland). HBSC study results (2013/2014) were analysed in terms of the following variables: self-rated health, life satisfaction (Cantril Ladder, KIDSCREEN-10 Index), and psychosomatic complaints (SCL scale). Focus workshops took place in 2018, with 72 teenagers aged 14 to 16.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>16.6% of the Polish participants and 12.7% of the Portuguese participants were concerned about their health. Polish participants were less satisfied with their life [KIDSCREEN score: 25.48 for Poland (SD=6.39), and 29.96 (SD=6.03) for Portugal]. Both nations associated mental health (MH) with the family setting and relationships with friends. An additional association among Portuguese teenagers involved social issues, whereas Polish adolescents were more focussed on relationships with various people in their environment, as well as on experiencing issues at school and in the family.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Adolescent MH is determined by stress, environmental pressure and high expectations. The viewpoints of adolescents are the most valuable source of knowledge for specialists, researchers and youth institutions, who can benefit greatly from taking advantage of this resource.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"25 3","pages":"170-177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9097656/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10393819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Umbilical cord arterial blood lactate dehydrogenase and pH as predictors of perinatal outcome in high-risk term pregnancies: A cohort study.","authors":"Naina Kumar,&nbsp;Ashu Yadav","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Birth asphyxia is a common cause of perinatal morbidity, mortality.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the efficacy of umbilical cord arterial blood lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and pH as predictors of neonatal outcome in high-risk term pregnancies using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Present retrospective cohort study was conducted in the rural tertiary centre of Northern India over two years (January 2017-December 2018). Neonates delivered to 300 term (≥37 - ≤42 weeks) high-risk antenatal women were enrolled after fulfilling inclusion criteria. Immediately after delivery of a newborn by any mode, the segment of the umbilical cord (10 cm) was double clamped, cut, and arterial blood samples were taken for LDH and pH and were compared with neonatal outcome. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 22.0 software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For all 300 neonates mean ± SD values of cord blood LDH and pH were 545.19 ± 391.93 U/L and 7.13 ± 0.15, respectively. High cord blood lactate and low pH values were significantly associated with adverse neonatal outcomes including neonatal resuscitation, NICU admission, complications and early neonatal deaths (p=0.000). The sensitivity, specificity and negative predictive value of cord blood LDH in the prediction of neonatal death was 100.00%, 53.17%, 100%, and pH was 93.75%, 53.17%, 99.34%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Cord blood lactate and pH help in the early prediction of neonatal outcomes, but cord blood lactate is a better predictor.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"26 1","pages":"27-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10032318/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9524805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of the patients hospitalised in paediatric trauma centers in Poland in 2019.","authors":"Ewa A Biegańska,&nbsp;Jan Stachurski,&nbsp;Karol Rokicki","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212503SI.d-21-00027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212503SI.d-21-00027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Paediatric trauma centers (PTCs) are facilities that were established to provide traumatised patients with fast, accurate diagnoses and optimal treatments. In Poland, they have been functioning since 2017. Our research aimed to assess the overall activity of the PTCs and cross-sectional data of their patients in Poland in 2019.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>We have analysed data provided by the National Health Fund (NHF) about the activity of seven trauma centers for children. For the PTC in the Paediatric Teaching Clinical Hospital University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw, we have gathered the data from the internal documentation system.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In Poland, in 2019, there were seven operating PTCs. During that year, they hospitalised 195 severely traumatised patients. The available data have shown that no specialised tracking system of children admitted to PTCs was used; we have obtained data reporting final diagnoses, not the preliminary ones. Summarising the data from the PTC in Warsaw, in the first year of its operation there were 32 patients admitted, of which only 8 have met the criteria of admission.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Due to the small number of patients reported, it is difficult to draw specific conclusions about the efficacy of PTCs in Poland. Obtaining reliable data is difficult, as there is no paediatric trauma patients database. To assess and improve the quality of PTCs, it would be profitable to create a national system monitoring the events and collecting data on the treatment results.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"25 3","pages":"236-242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9097652/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10384755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the basic psychological needs satisfaction in active commuting to and from school (BPNS-ACS) scale in Polish students.","authors":"Anna Dzielska,&nbsp;Agnieszka Michalska,&nbsp;Dorota Kleszczewska,&nbsp;Dorothea M I Schönbach,&nbsp;Adilson Marques,&nbsp;Miguel Peralta,&nbsp;Yolanda Demetriou","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.2021.2503SI.d-21-00030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.2021.2503SI.d-21-00030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To promote active commuting to and from school, it is pertinent to understand the motivational factors that influence the choice of this form of transportation.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Translation, cultural adaptation and analysis of the factor structure as well as psychometric properties of the Basic Psychological Needs and Satisfaction in Active Commuting to and from School (BPNS-ACS) scale among Polish students and examination of the distribution of the scale scores according to gender, mode of commuting to and from school and the frequency of using bicycle for this purpose.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Data from 475 Polish students aged 11-18, including 53.9% of girls were analysed. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Polish version of the BPNS-ACS, U Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis H tests were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The BPNS-ACS consists of 12 items forming three dimensions: autonomy, competence and relatedness need satisfaction. The scale has acceptable psychometric properties: χ2(51)=195.424 (p ˂ 0.001); χ2/df=3.832; CFI=0.944, TLI=0.927, RMSEA=0.077 (90%CI 0.066-0.089), AIC=249.424, BIC=361.833, GFI=0.937, AGFI=0.904. BPNC-ACS scores on factors corresponding to the three basic psychological needs differ based on gender, mode of commuting to and from school and the frequency of cycling to or from school.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Further exploration of the function of basic psychological needs in active commuting to and from school among Polish adolescents may be conducted using an adapted version of the BPNS-ACS scale.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"25 3","pages":"228-235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9097653/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10393820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}