Fakhry Randa, Metheny Nick, Boateng Godfred O, Radwan Hadia, Bani Issa Wegdan, Faris MoezAlIslam E, Obaid Reyad Shaker, Al Ghazal Hessa, Dol Justine, Hanache Nivine, Dennis Cindy-Lee
Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Nell Hodgon Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Midwifery. 2025 Feb;141:104265. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2024.104265. Epub 2024 Dec 12.
There is currently no validated version of the Postpartum Childcare Stress Checklist (PCSC) in the context of Arabic-speaking women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The postpartum period is a transformative phase in a woman's life, during which mothers are highly vulnerable to mental health problems, compounded by childcare demands. Childcare stress is a strong predictor of postpartum depression. Thus, there is a need for a validated Arabic measure of childcare stress.
This study aims to translate and psychometrically evaluate the Arabic version of the PCSC among mothers residing in the UAE.
The PCSC was psychometrically assessed in a cohort of 399 women in the UAE between February 2017 and September 2018. Using best practices in instrument translation; psychometric evaluation included item-test and item-total correlations, confirmatory factor analysis, tests at two-time points, and validity tests.
The analysis produced a 19-item scale in both unidimensional and multidimensional formats, with Geomin rotated factor loadings ranging from 0.31 to 0.84 and an average variance of 0.46, demonstrating adequate validity. The Arabic PCSC had acceptable reliability coefficients at three (α= = 0.79) and six (α=0.80) months and adequate concurrent and predictive validity at three and six months postpartum.
Childcare stress is an internationally reliable and validated construct. The PCSC was also positively correlated with depressive and anxiety symptoms.
The Arabic PCSC is a psychometrically validated measure which can be used in future Arabic-language studies and may lead to improved interventions for maternal mental health across Arab-speaking communities.
目前在阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋）讲阿拉伯语的女性群体中，尚无经过验证的产后育儿压力检查表（PCSC）版本。
产后时期是女性生活中的一个转型阶段，在此期间，母亲极易出现心理健康问题，育儿需求更是雪上加霜。育儿压力是产后抑郁症的一个重要预测指标。因此，需要一种经过验证的阿拉伯语育儿压力测量工具。
本研究旨在对居住在阿联酋的母亲群体中PCSC的阿拉伯语版本进行翻译，并对其进行心理测量学评估。
2017年2月至2018年9月期间，对阿联酋399名女性组成的队列进行了PCSC的心理测量学评估。采用工具翻译的最佳实践方法；心理测量学评估包括项目-测试和项目-总分相关性、验证性因素分析、两个时间点的测试以及效度测试。
分析得出了一个包含19个条目的量表，有单维和多维两种形式，Geomin旋转因子载荷范围为0.31至0.84，平均方差为0.46，显示出足够的效度。阿拉伯语PCSC在产后三个月（α = 0.79）和六个月（α = 0.80）时具有可接受的信度系数，在产后三个月和六个月时具有足够的同时效度和预测效度。
育儿压力是一个在国际上可靠且经过验证的概念。PCSC也与抑郁和焦虑症状呈正相关。
阿拉伯语PCSC是一种经过心理测量学验证的测量工具，可用于未来的阿拉伯语研究，并可能有助于改善阿拉伯语社区产妇心理健康的干预措施。
