The evaluation of the psychometric properties of a specific quality of life questionnaire for physiological pregnancy

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Marketa Moravcova¹  Jiri Mares⁴  Stanislav Jezek³  Eva Vachkova² 

[1] Department of Midwifery and Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech;Division of Nursing, Department of Social Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Prague, Czech;Faculty of Social Studies, Institute for Research of Children, Youth and Family, Masaryk Univerzity, Brno, Czech;Department of Social Medicine, Charles University in Prague Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Prague, Czech

关键词: Pregnancy scale;    Specific questionnaire;    WHOQOL-BREF;    Generic questionnaire;    Quality of life;    Pregnancy;   

Others  :  821940
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7525-11-214

 received in 2013-07-18, accepted in 2013-12-18,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Pregnancy is a specific condition that is neither a disease nor a normal state of health. The attention has been devoted to the relation between the normal, physiological process of pregnancy and the quality of life of women in this period is paid much less attention. Our study focuses on the evaluation of the quality of life by means of a specific questionnaire for physiological pregnancy. The main objective was to evaluate psychometric characteristics of a newly developed, specific QoL.

Methods

Two measures were used: a Czech version of the generic WHOQOL-BREF, validated in 2006, and a new specific-QoL measure. Both measures were administered in each trimester to a sample of 225 pregnant women in the first trimester of a routine pregnancy.

Results

The reliability of the WHOQOL-BREF scales at different trimesters was evaluated, including the correlation between trimesters. Based on exploratory factor analyses of the specific-QoL measure with the working title QOL-GRAV, one 9-item scale was constructed expressing the degree of specific experiences during pregnancy. All scales were found to have satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach alphas > .7) apart from the social relations subscale of the WHOQOL-BREF.

Conclusions

The general quality and the specific quality of a pregnant woman’s life varies. The specific QOL-GRAV scale is more sensitive to the specific experiences during pregnancy that significantly affect a pregnant woman’s quality of life. A simple specific questionnaire, applicable within prenatal care as well, was designed and validated.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Vachkova et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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