Faculty of Health Science, Department of Midwifery, Karatekin University, Çankırı, Turkey.
Faculty of Nursing, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
Asian Nurs Res (Korean Soc Nurs Sci). 2024 May;18(2):97-105. doi: 10.1016/j.anr.2024.04.001. Epub 2024 Apr 26.
Fathers' involvement in newborn care positively affects both work sharing between parents, newborn quality of life, and the relationship between father and newborn. However, there is no valid and reliable measurement tool to evaluate fathers' self-efficacy levels for newborn care. This study aimed to develop the fathers' self-efficacy scale for newborn care (FSSNC) and to examine its psychometric properties.
This study is an instrument development and validation study. After a comprehensive literature review, expert opinion, and pilot application stages, an item pool was developed. For validity and reliability analyses, data were collected between March and December 2022 from 442 individuals, including fathers with newborn babies and expectant fathers whose partners are pregnant. Validity assessments included content, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and convergent validity. The scale was also evaluated for its internal consistency, and two-half-test reliability. In this study, the STROBE checklist was used as a guideline.
The final version of the scale consisted of three subdimensions (hygiene, safety, and nutrition). The total number of items is 17. Confirmatory factor analysis results confirm the results of exploratory factor analysis. There was a strong correlation between the scale score and the participants' self-assessment score.
The study demonstrates that the FSSNC was a valid, reliable, and user-friendly measurement tool used to evaluate fathers' self-efficacy regarding hygiene, safety, and nutrition in newborn care.
父亲参与新生儿护理会积极影响父母之间的工作分担、新生儿的生活质量以及父亲与新生儿之间的关系。然而，目前尚无有效且可靠的测量工具来评估父亲对新生儿护理的自我效能感水平。本研究旨在开发父亲对新生儿护理的自我效能感量表（FSSNC），并检验其心理测量学特性。
这是一项工具开发和验证研究。在全面的文献回顾、专家意见和试点应用阶段之后，开发了一个项目池。为了进行有效性和可靠性分析，于 2022 年 3 月至 12 月间从 442 名个体（包括有新生儿的父亲和其伴侣怀孕的准父亲）中收集了数据。有效性评估包括内容、探索性和验证性因子分析以及聚合效度。该量表还评估了内部一致性和两半测试信度。本研究使用 STROBE 清单作为指南。
量表的最终版本包括三个子维度（卫生、安全和营养），共有 17 个项目。验证性因子分析结果证实了探索性因子分析的结果。量表得分与参与者的自我评估得分之间存在很强的相关性。
该研究表明，FSSNC 是一种有效、可靠且易于使用的测量工具，可用于评估父亲在新生儿护理方面的卫生、安全和营养自我效能感。
