Hung Chich-Hsiu
College of Nursing; and Deputy Director, Department of Nursing, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
J Clin Nurs. 2006 Jun;15(6):718-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01350.x.
The purpose of this study was to test further and validate the postpartum stress scale developed for Taiwanese women.
The postpartum stress scale was developed to measure postpartum stress in Taiwanese women. However, over the last decade, the social context in Taiwan has changed and several items in the scale needed to be re-examined.
Non-experimental quantitative research with repeated measures at the first and fifth week of the postpartum period was conducted for this study.
A proportional stratified quota was used to sample from the 10 hospitals and six clinics with the highest birth rates in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Participants were 505 and 518 postpartum women at each time point, respectively.
Factor analysis at two points in time identified three attributes of postpartum stress: (a) maternal role attainment, (b) lack of social support, and (c) negative body changes. The Cronbach's alphas at each time point were 0.94 and 0.92, respectively.
The results support the postpartum stress scale as a validated instrument that has been conceptualized, created, and tested with Taiwanese postpartum women.
This study was done in the hope that women experiencing specific postpartum stressors would be detected and subsequently helped by supportive nursing intervention that provides stressor-specific coping resources.
本研究旨在进一步测试并验证为台湾女性开发的产后压力量表。
产后压力量表旨在测量台湾女性的产后压力。然而，在过去十年中，台湾的社会环境发生了变化，量表中的几个项目需要重新审视。
本研究采用非实验性定量研究方法，在产后第一周和第五周进行重复测量。
采用比例分层配额抽样法，从台湾高雄市出生率最高的10家医院和6家诊所选取样本。两个时间点的参与者分别为505名和518名产后女性。
两个时间点的因素分析确定了产后压力的三个属性：（a）母亲角色的实现，（b）缺乏社会支持，（c）身体的负面变化。每个时间点的Cronbach's α系数分别为0.94和0.92。
结果支持将产后压力量表作为一种经过验证的工具，该工具已针对台湾产后女性进行了概念化、创建和测试。
进行这项研究的目的是希望能够发现经历特定产后压力源的女性，并随后通过提供针对压力源的应对资源的支持性护理干预来帮助她们。
