Demir Yildirim Ayça, Yilmaz Esencan Tuğba, Premberg Asa, Hotun Şahin Nevin
Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Research and Development Centre, Primary Health Care, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Heliyon. 2023 Dec 19;10(1):e23957. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23957. eCollection 2024 Jan 15.
The father's participation in the birth contributes significantly to the mother's birth experiences as well as to the fatherhood process. Since fathers have traditionally not been allowed to attend childbirth in Turkish public hospitals, which now is changing, there is a lack of research in this area. To remedy this shortcoming, a questionnaire that explores the Turkish fathers' experiences of childbirth is needed. The study aims to translate, validate, and adapt the pre-existing to the Turkish language and culture. In the first stage of the study, the questionnaire was translated to Turkish. Expert opinions of the were taken, and the content validity was checked. The revised questionnaire was then completed by 110 fathers. The average age of the fathers participating in the study was 32.12 ± 6.8 and 80 % of them were found to be middle class. The construct validity of the questionnaire was tested with explanatory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, finally a test-retest was performed. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for each dimension of the 20-items questionnaire was as follows: knowledge = 0.90, acceptance = 0.90, anxiety = 0.88, and emotional support = 0.66. All sub-dimensions correspond to 68.5 % of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis model showed consistency for the data (X2/DF = 1.078; RMSA = 0.027; CFI = 0.992; GFI = 0.900; AGFI.0.829). Therefore, the adaptation of the is a valid and reliable instrument in evaluating the childbirth experiences of first-time fathers in Turkish culture.
父亲参与分娩对母亲的分娩体验以及父亲角色的形成有显著贡献。由于传统上土耳其公立医院不允许父亲陪产，不过现在这种情况正在改变，该领域缺乏相关研究。为弥补这一不足，需要一份探索土耳其父亲分娩体验的问卷。本研究旨在将现有的问卷翻译成土耳其语，并根据土耳其语言和文化进行验证与调整。在研究的第一阶段，问卷被翻译成土耳其语。征求了专家意见，并检查了内容效度。然后110位父亲完成了修订后的问卷。参与研究的父亲平均年龄为32.12±6.8岁，其中80%被认定为中产阶级。通过探索性因素分析和验证性因素分析对问卷的结构效度进行了测试，最后进行了重测。这份20个条目的问卷各维度的克朗巴哈α系数如下：知识=0.90，接受度=0.90，焦虑=0.88，情感支持=0.66。所有子维度对应总方差的68.5%。验证性因素分析模型显示数据具有一致性（X2/DF = 1.078；RMSA = 0.027；CFI = 0.992；GFI = 0.900；AGFI = 0.829）。因此，该问卷的改编版本是评估土耳其文化中初为人父者分娩体验的有效且可靠的工具。
