Hildingsson Ingegerd
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2024 Apr 22:1-10. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2338475.
Previously developed instruments measuring the quality of postnatal care, based on women's experiences and views, are mainly country-specific which makes it important to have studies for specific populations. The aim of this study was to explore validity and reliability evidence of a previously developed postnatal questionnaire for women living in Sweden.
A cross-sectional study based on self-report questionnaire. The questionnaire included the (EPQ), and was administered to 1061 women who gave birth in two regional hospitals in Swedish during 2017. Validity evidence of the EPQ was undertaken using principal component analysis. Regarding reliability, Cronbach's alpha was used.
The questionnaire was returned by 483 postnatal women. The analysis resulted in three components: Information, Postnatal Environment and Caring Relationship. The Cronbach alpha values of the components ranged from 0.762 to 0.879. Foreign-born women scored higher (more positively) in all three components, compared to women born in Sweden.
The results of this study suggest that the instrument EPQ is a psychometrically useful tool, suitable for both research and clinical settings. The three-component structure provides researchers with the opportunity to conduct a more detailed exploration of various aspects of postnatal care to develop postnatal care. Further studies focusing on foreign-born women's experiences of postnatal care are warranted.
以前开发的基于女性经历和观点来衡量产后护理质量的工具主要是针对特定国家的，因此针对特定人群进行研究很重要。本研究的目的是探讨一份先前为瑞典女性开发的产后问卷的效度和信度证据。
基于自我报告问卷的横断面研究。该问卷包括[具体问卷名称未给出]，并于2017年对在瑞典两家地区医院分娩的1061名女性进行了调查。使用主成分分析来获取该问卷的效度证据。关于信度，采用了克朗巴哈系数。
483名产后女性返回了问卷。分析得出三个维度：信息、产后环境和关怀关系。各维度的克朗巴哈系数值在0.762至0.879之间。与瑞典出生的女性相比，外国出生的女性在所有三个维度上得分更高（更积极）。
本研究结果表明，该问卷是一种在心理测量学上有用的工具，适用于研究和临床环境。三维结构为研究人员提供了机会，以便更详细地探索产后护理的各个方面，从而改进产后护理。有必要进一步开展针对外国出生女性产后护理经历的研究。
