Development and Validation of A Decision-Making Donor Conception Questionnaire in Iranian Infertile Couples

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Robab Latifnejad Roudsari¹  Fatemeh Hadizadeh-Talasaz²  Masoumeh Simbar³  Habibollah Esmaily⁴ 

[1] 4Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University ofMedical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran;Midwifery and Reproductive Health Research Center, Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing andMidwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Social Determinent of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;

关键词: decision;    making;    donor conception;    infertility;    validation;   

DOI  :  10.22074/ijfs.2019.5700

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDespite the fact that many infertile couples have to decide about whether or not to choose donor con-ception, there is no predictive scale for evaluating the process of decision-making on donor conception and its deter-minants in such couples. The present study was conducted to develop a decision-making questionnaire for selectingdonor conception and assess its psychometric properties in Iranian infertile couples.Materials and MethodsThis cross-sectional validation study was conducted based on the method developed byDeVellis (2012) in four steps at Milad Infertility Clinic, Mashhad, Iran. The dimensions of the concept of decision-making were determined in the first step based on the qualitative results obtained from 38 semi-structured in-depthinterviews. Items that were appropriate for the questionnaire were developed in the second step using the qualitativedata and a review of the literature. In the third step, the research team reviewed and eliminated some of the items. Thefourth step evaluated the face, content and construct validity of the questionnaire through exploratory factor analysison a sample of 220 infertile couples using convenience sampling and investigated its initial and final reliability.ResultsBased on the results of the qualitative study, a pool of 170 items was developed, 101 of which were elimi-nated after revision due to ambiguity, repetition or their poor face and content validity and initial reliability. Thequestionnaire was evaluated for its construct validity with 69 items. After the exploratory factor analysis, the decision-making donor conception questionnaire (DMDCQ) having 51 items and seven factors, was finalized. All the factorshad Cronbach’s alpha values of 0.75-0.87 and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) greater than 0.7.ConclusionThis study led to development of a valid and reliable scale for examining infertile couples’ decision-making about whether or not to use donor conception as well as the determinants of this decision.

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