Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Elektronik Dergisi (Jan 2020)
Development of the Scale for Readiness of Pregnant Women to Hygienic Care of the Newborn, and its Validity and Reliability Study
Abstract
Background: The issues related to childbirth, baby care and breastfeeding can be sources of anxiety or fear especially in pregnant women who will have motherhood experience for the first time. Objectives: This study was carried out to develop the scale for readiness of pregnant women to hygienic care of the newborn and to test its validity and reliability. Methods: This methodological study was carried out 167 pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate in the study. The data were analyzed by transferring to IBM SPSS Statistics 23 and IBM SPSS AMOS 23 programs. After evaluating the content validity of the scale, validity analysis (Explanatory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis), reliability analysis (Cronbach's alpha) and test-retest reliability were examined. Results: The content validity index of the scale was .97 according to expert opinion. The Cashier Meyer Olkin value was found to be .917 in the exploratory factor analysis. As a result of the factor analysis performed, the number of items, which was 12, was reduced to 10. The confirmatory factor analysis fit indices were found to be χ²/df: 4.061, RMSEA: 0.136, GFI: 0.849, CFI: 0.910, SRMR: 0.0587. As a result of the reliability analysis, the Cronbach's Alpha value of the scale was found to be .93. The test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient was found to be 95.6%. Conclusion: According to the validity and reliability analyzes, this scale was found to be a valid and reliable scale that measures pregnant women' readiness to hygienic care of the newborn.
