Development and Psychometric Tests of Midwife-Mother Relationship Scale (MMRS) in Delivery Room

Attarha, Mahtab; Keshavarz, Zohreh; Bakhtiari, Marayam; Jamilian, Mehri; Zayeri, Farid

doi:10.5539/gjhs.v9n2p184

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“…Internal consistency (α coefficients), stability (testretest) methods were used to evaluate the reliability. To assess internal consistency, the Slade scale was given to 20 pregnant women (49) referred to Anbarabad health centers who were selected by convenience sampling method. Then the total α and each factor were calculated.…”

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Validation of the Slade Fear of Childbirth Scale for Pregnancy in a Sample of Iranian Women: A Crosssectional Study

Sanjari

Fakhraei

Soleimani

et al. 2022

Crescent J Med Biol Sci

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Objectives: The existence of a valid scale of fear of childbirth (FOC) has an effective role in identifying women at risk, so this study was conducted to determine the validation of the Slade FOC scale for pregnancy in a sample of Iranian women. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, initially, the Slade scale was translated based on a forward-backward approach. For sampling among pregnant women in Anbarabad city, 820 pregnant women were selected by multistage cluster sampling method. The research questionnaire included (a) demographic information, (b) Slade FOC scale (new scale), (c) childbirth attitude questionnaire (validated scale), and (d) Wijma scale (validated scale). Face validity, content validity, construct validity (using factor analysis), convergent validity, and concurrent validity (by calculating the present scale correlation with childbirth attitude questionnaire and Wijma scale were used to determine the validity of the scale. Internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha), split-half, and stability (test-retest) methods were used for scale reliability. SPSS software version 22 and LISREL version 8.8 were used for data analysis. Results: Target population comments were applied in face validity, the impact score of face validity was in the range of 1.6-4.5. Content validity ratio (CVR) values (81%-100%) and content validity index (CVI) value (83%) were acceptable. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) showed that the scale had four factors which include uncertainty and injury with 18.39%, the unprofessional behavior of maternity staff with 14.51%, the unpredictable with 14.44%, and negative emotions with 10.54% of the variance. The scale had acceptable convergent validity and the correlation between items and the total score was between 0.41-0.63. The correlation coefficient between the present scale with the childbirth attitude questionnaire and Wijma scale was 0.81 and 0.79, respectively. The reliability result showed an acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.84), acceptable split-half (0.71 for the first half of scale and 0.78 for the second half of scale) and acceptable stability (r = 0.78). Conclusions: The results showed that the Slade scale has acceptable validity and reliability. Therefore, this scale can be used in scientific research and screening for FOC.

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Validation of the Slade Fear of Childbirth Scale for Pregnancy in a Sample of Iranian Women: A Crosssectional Study

Sanjari

Fakhraei

Soleimani

et al. 2022

Crescent J Med Biol Sci

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“…It is stated that a questionnaire should be directly extracted from statements of the target group in order to ensure its suitability and validity. Also the content of any tool should be culturally appropriate for the target group among whom the tool will be applied (21). As a valid and reliable tool is needed to investigate fathers' fear of childbirth, this study aimed to design and examine psychometric properties of the Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale (FFCS) In Iranian setting.…”

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Design and Psychometric Evaluation of the Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale: A Mixed Method Study

Ghaffari

Nia

Elyasi

et al. 2020

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Background: Fear of childbirth is reported in 13% of fathers, and it may have adverse consequences for the health of fathers as well as their families. Due to the lack of a valid and reliable questionnaire to measure fathers' fear of childbirth, this study was conducted to develop the Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale and evaluate its psychometric properties. Methods: This mixed method study was conducted in two phases. In the qualitative phase (or item generation), semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 expectant fathers, and a literature review was performed to generate the Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale items pool. In the quantitative phase (or psychometric evaluation), reliability as well as face, content, and construct validity of this scale were evaluated. To establish construct validity, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed. Reliability was evaluated through internal consistency and composite reliability measures. Results: The primary version of Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale contained 32 items, which were reduced to 17 items while establishing construct validity. Exploratory factor analysis extracted two factors, namely fear of childbirth process (12 items) and fear of hospital (5 items). These factors explained 50.82% of the total variance. Goodness of fit indices within the confirmatory factor analysis was acceptable. Internal consistency and composite reliability indices of all the factors were greater than 0.70. Conclusion: The Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale has a suitable validity and reliability for assessing fear of childbirth in fathers. It is a simple report instrument that can be easily implemented by health care professionals.

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Adolescents diabetes awareness test (ADAT): Tool development and psychometrics evaluation research

Dorosteh,

Ghaffari,

Rakhshanderou

et al. 2023

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: During the last two decades, several reports have indicated an increase in the number of type-2 diabetes among adolescents. Therefore, an assessment of adolescents' awareness of this disease deserves serious consideration. This study aims at designing a psychometric tool for assessing adolescents' awareness of type-2 diabetes. METHODS AND MATERIAL: In this methodological research, 770 students attending 10 middle schools (five girls “schools and five boys” schools) from Tehran participated in the study. The questionnaire was designed by examining the relevant literature and the existing questionnaires, as well as considering the research team's comments, and the initial pool of items with 57 questions was designed. Face validity, content validity, and construct validity were calculated to determine the validity of the instrument. Reliability was measured via internal consistency coefficient (ICC) and internal consistency reliability was measured with Cronbach Alpha. SPSS 16 was used for data analysis. RESULTS: The questionnaire was initially designed with 57 items. Based on the results of CVR and CVI, five questions were removed. The average CVR and CVI were 0.75 and 0.82, respectively. Following exploratory factor analysis, the 30 questions in the questionnaire were categorized into five dimensions: public awareness, symptoms, behavioral risk factors, long-term effects, and medium-term effects. The internal reliability was calculated for the whole questionnaire—ICC = 0.87 with a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.80. CONCLUSIONS: The resulting questionnaire on adolescents' awareness of type-2 diabetes, with 30 questions in five dimensions, can be employed by researchers for its high factor loading in factor analysis and its standard psychometric properties.

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Development and Psychometric Tests of Midwife-Mother Relationship Scale (MMRS) in Delivery Room

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

Validation of the Slade Fear of Childbirth Scale for Pregnancy in a Sample of Iranian Women: A Crosssectional Study

Validation of the Slade Fear of Childbirth Scale for Pregnancy in a Sample of Iranian Women: A Crosssectional Study

Design and Psychometric Evaluation of the Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale: A Mixed Method Study

Adolescents diabetes awareness test (ADAT): Tool development and psychometrics evaluation research

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