Psychometric testing of the Chinese version of the Perinatal Infant Care Social Support tool: a methodological study.
Womens Health Nurs
; 30(2): 128-139, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study aimed to translate the Perinatal Infant Care Social Support (PICSS) instrument into Chinese and to verify the reliability and validity of the translated version.METHODS:
This study used a cross-sectional design to examine the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the PICSS (C-PICSS). A cohort of 150 first-time mothers in China participated, attending hospital follow-up care at 6 weeks postpartum. Data were collected after obtaining informed consent from the mothers.RESULTS:
The majority of mothers were aged between 20 and 29 years, with a mean age of 26.25 (±3.90) years. An item analysis of the 19 items in the C-PICSS showed that all items had an item-total score correlation above 0.2. This resulted in a Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value of 0.92 and a significant Bartlett's test of sphericity (χ2=1,778.65, p<.001), confirming the suitability of the data for factor analysis. Correlation analyses revealed a strong positive relationship between infant care social support and general social support (r=.62, p<.001), and a negative relationship between infant care social support and postpartum depression (r=-.38, p<.001). Higher scores for infant care social support were associated with reporting positive relationships with their husbands (t=3.72, p<.001) and high levels of spousal involvement (t=4.09, p<.001). In terms of structural support, spouses were identified as the primary source.CONCLUSION:
The research results indicate that C-PICSS is reliable and valid as an indicator of social support for infant care among Chinese mothers.Key words
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Psychometrics
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Social Support
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Infant Care
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Mothers
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Womens Health Nurs
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article