Development and psychometric properties of Female Infertility Stigma Instrument (ISI-F): A sequential mixed method study

BMC Women's Health

Research

Hamid Alavi Majd¹  Maryam jahangirifar²  Ali Montazeri³  Nourossadat Kariman⁴  Mahboube Taebi⁵ 

[1] Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;Health Metrics Research Centre, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran;Midwifery and Reproductive Health Research Center, Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 1996835119, Tehran, Iran;Reproductive Sciences and Sexual Health Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran;

关键词: Infertility;    Stigma;    Factor analysis;    Reliability and validity;    Psychometric;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12905-022-02139-5

 received in 2022-07-31, accepted in 2022-12-20,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundInfertility stigma is a hidden burden that overshadows the dimensions of reproductive and sexual health in infertile women. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Female Infertility Stigma Instrument (ISI-F).MethodsThis mixed method study with sequential exploratory design was conducted in qualitative and quantitative phases. In the first phase, the initial item pool of the Female Infertility Stigma Instrument (ISI-F) was generated using in-depth interviews. In the quantitative phase, psychometric properties of the ISI-f including content, face and construct validity, as well as reliability (internal consistency and stability) were assessed. Exploratory factor analysis was performed on the collected data from 300 infertile women for evaluation of construct validity. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. This study has followed the Mixed Methods Article Reporting Standards checklist.ResultsThe final version of ISI-F had 20 items. Total CVI and CVR were 0.94 and 0.87, respectively. Explanatory factor analysis identified 3 main factors that explained 54.013% of the variance. These factors consisted of stigma profile (7 items), self-stigma (6 items) and escaping from stigma (7 items). Internal consistency and stability of the ISI-F has been approved by Cronbach’s alpha, McDonald's Omega (0.909, 0.916) and Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC = 0.878).ConclusionThe Female Infertility Stigma Instrument (ISI-F) is a valid and reliable tool for evaluation of the perceived female infertility stigma, that was developed in this study.

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