A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the translated versions of the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire

IF 1.3 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.erap.2023.100911

Pinelopi Varela , Ioannis Zervas , Aikaterini Lykeridou , Anna Deltsidou

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Abstract

Introduction

The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire has evolved as one of the most extensively used, translated, and validated scales for the assessment of fear of childbirth.

Objective

To evaluate the psychometric properties of the translated versions of the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire.

Method

We employed a systematic search of online databases, including PubMed, Scopus, and Science Direct, looking for articles published between 1998 and 2021. We used PRISMA guidelines for conducting and reporting this review, and the quality of the psychometric properties of the retrieved studies was assessed using the COSMIN checklist.

Results

Of the 825 records initially identified, 18 studies were included. The examination of these studies showed that the scale exists in at least 17 different languages, and it's quite possible that the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire is not a unidimensional scale since the factor analysis of the included studies suggested the existence of subscales. Regarding the methodological quality of the structural validity and the construct validity, the majority of studies were considered to be very good or adequate. Internal consistency was reported in all studies. Test-retest reliability was reported in five studies.

Conclusion

The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire's psychometrics were generally of an acceptable level of methodological quality in most of the studies. More research is needed on the examination and validation of both versions of the scale.

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对威玛分娩期望/体验问卷翻译版本心理计量特性的系统性审查

引言威玛分娩预期/体验问卷已发展成为评估分娩恐惧最广泛使用、翻译和验证的量表之一。方法我们对在线数据库（包括PubMed、Scopus和Science Direct）进行了系统检索，寻找1998年至2021年间发表的文章。我们使用 PRISMA 指南来开展和报告本综述，并使用 COSMIN 检查表来评估检索到的研究的心理测量学特性的质量。结果在初步确定的 825 条记录中，有 18 项研究被纳入。对这些研究的审查表明，该量表至少有 17 种不同的语言版本，而且威玛分娩期望/体验问卷很可能不是一个单维量表，因为对所纳入研究的因子分析表明存在子量表。关于结构效度和建构效度的方法学质量，大多数研究被认为非常好或足够好。所有研究都报告了内部一致性。结论在大多数研究中，威玛分娩期望/体验问卷的心理测量学方法质量总体上达到了可接受的水平。还需要对两个版本的量表进行更多的研究和验证。

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European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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期刊介绍： The aim of the Revue européenne de Psychologie appliquée / European Review of Applied Psychology is to promote high-quality applications of psychology to all areas of specialization, and to foster exchange among researchers and professionals. Its policy is to attract a wide range of contributions, including empirical research, overviews of target issues, case studies, descriptions of instruments for research and diagnosis, and theoretical work related to applied psychology. In all cases, authors will refer to published and verificable facts, whether established in the study being reported or in earlier publications.