Development and validation of the Knowledge and Attitude on the effect of COVID-19 Infection on Pregnancy (KACIP) questionnaire among pregnant women in Malaysia

IF 2.3 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health Pub Date : 2024-08-02 DOI:10.1016/j.cegh.2024.101742

Noorfaizahtul Hanim Md Nawawi , Nur Azreen Che Mood , Azidah Abdul Kadir , Zainab Mat Yudin , Norhayati Mohd Noor , Wan Muhamad Amir Wan Ahmad

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Abstract

Introduction

Assessing and understanding pregnant women's knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19 infection and its implications for pregnancy is critical for meeting their specific needs. However, currently, there is a lack of validated questionnaires to assess this issue. This study aims to determine the validity and reliability of the Knowledge and Attitude on the effect of COVID-19 Infection on Pregnancy (KACIP) Questionnaire Among pregnant women in Malaysia.

Materials and methods

KACIP was developed using the Health Belief Model (HBM), extensive literature review and expert judgement. The questionnaire underwent a sequential validation process, content validation, face validation, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and internal consistency reliability-based Cronbach's alpha statistic. For the construct validation, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital.

Results

The final KACIP consisted of two sections; Knowledge and Attitude on COVID-19 infection effect on pregnancy. The Knowledge section comprises three domains (13 items) and the Attitude section has two domains (9 items). Preliminary KACIP demonstrated a high item Content Validity Index and Face Validity Index. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin values for the Knowledge and Attitude sections were 0.785 and 0.783 respectively and had a significant p-value of <0.001 for Bartlett's test of sphericity. Factor analysis showed that KACIP had adequate psychometric properties with acceptable factor loadings and Cronbach alpha values.

Conclusions

This validation and reliability study showed that KACIP is a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess the Knowledge and attitude towards the impact of the COVID-19 infection on pregnancy among pregnant women in Malaysia.

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在马来西亚孕妇中编制和验证关于 COVID-19 感染对妊娠影响的知识和态度 (KACIP) 问卷

引言评估和了解孕妇对 COVID-19 感染及其对妊娠影响的认识和看法对于满足她们的特殊需求至关重要。然而，目前缺乏有效的问卷来评估这一问题。本研究旨在确定马来西亚孕妇对 COVID-19 感染对妊娠影响的知识和态度问卷（KACIP）的有效性和可靠性。问卷经过了一系列验证过程，包括内容验证、表面验证、探索性因子分析（EFA）和基于 Cronbach's alpha 统计量的内部一致性可靠性。为了进行结构验证，我们在马来西亚理科大学医院产前门诊的 200 名孕妇中进行了横断面研究。结果最终的 KACIP 包括两个部分：关于 COVID-19 感染对怀孕影响的知识和态度。知识部分包括三个领域（13 个项目），态度部分包括两个领域（9 个项目）。初步的 KACIP 显示出较高的项目内容效度指数和表面效度指数。知识和态度部分的 Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin 值分别为 0.785 和 0.783，Bartlett 球形度检验的显著 p 值为 <0.001。结论这项验证和可靠性研究表明，KACIP 是一份有效且可靠的问卷，可用于评估马来西亚孕妇对 COVID-19 感染对妊娠的影响的知识和态度。

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Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

4.60

自引率

7.70%

发文量

218

审稿时长

66 days

期刊介绍： Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (CEGH) is a multidisciplinary journal and it is published four times (March, June, September, December) a year. The mandate of CEGH is to promote articles on clinical epidemiology with focus on developing countries in the context of global health. We also accept articles from other countries. It publishes original research work across all disciplines of medicine and allied sciences, related to clinical epidemiology and global health. The journal publishes Original articles, Review articles, Evidence Summaries, Letters to the Editor. All articles published in CEGH are peer-reviewed and published online for immediate access and citation.