Evaluating the Chichewa version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in Malawi: a validation update

BMC Research Notes

Judith Stephenson¹  Geraldine Barrett¹  Jennifer A. Hall¹ 

[1] Research Department of Reproductive Health, UCL Institute for Women’s Health, London, UK;

关键词: Pregnancy intention;    Measurement;    London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy;    Malawi;    Psychometric;    Validation;    Chichewa;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-021-05645-1

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo investigate the psychometric properties of the validated Chichewa version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in a large representative community-based sample in Malawi, a low-income country. We collected data on pregnancy intention from a cohort of 4244 pregnant women in Malawi using the validated Chichewa version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP). We evaluated the psychometric properties of the Chichewa LMUP using classical test theory and confirmatory factor analysis to re-assess the performance of items one and six, which had weaker performance in the original smaller, facility-based validation sample.ResultsThe Chichewa version of the LMUP met all pre-set criteria for validation. There are now nine validations of the LMUP in different low-and-middle-income countries, confirming the validity and applicability of the LMUP in these settings.

【 授权许可】

CC BY