Developing and Measuring Psychometric Properties of “maternal role adaptation instrument in mothers of preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit"

authors:

avatar Sousan Heydarpour 1 , avatar Zohreh Keshavarz 2 , * , avatar Maryam Bakhtiari 3 , avatar Farid Zayeri 4

Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of clinical psychology, Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Proteomics Research Center, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Journal of Clinical Research in Paramedical Sciences: Vol.5, issue 3; e81495
published online: September 02, 2016
article type: Research Article
received: February 10, 2016
accepted: July 12, 2016

how to cite: Heydarpour S , Keshavarz Z , Bakhtiari M , Zayeri F. Developing and Measuring Psychometric Properties of “maternal role adaptation instrument in mothers of preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit". J Clin Res Paramed Sci. 2016;5(3):e81495. 

Abstract

Introduction: Successful adaptation with maternal role leads to build confidence, and take  satisfaction from her ability in care and development of the infant. The present study was performed to develop a valid and reliable instrument  for evaluating maternal role adaptation in mothers of preterm infants in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Methods: In this exploratory study; at first, the questionnaire with 101 items was developed using Semi-structured interviews with 17 mothers of preterm infants and literature review. Then, after several revisions by the research team, similar statements were merged and then the questionnaire was reduced to 45 statements. The developed instrument was validated using face, content, and constructs validity. For reliability of the instrument, we used the internal consistency and test-retest.
Results: During face validity 3 items were deleted and by using content validity index with cut-off point 0.79 and content validity ratio with cut-off point 0.42 were removed 7 other items and questionnaire was reduced to 35 items. Exploratory factor analysis identified six factors that explained 54% of variance. During construct validity 3 items were removed and final questionnaire was developed with 32 items. Chronbach's Alpha and intra class correlation coefficient were 0.77 and 0.81 respectively.
Conclusion: The "maternal role adaptation questionnaire in mothers of preterm infants admitted to the NICU” With six dimensions and 32 items is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing maternal role adaptation in mothers of preterm infants.

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