Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the empowerment scale for pregnant women.

IF 2.1 4区医学 Q2 NURSING

Research in Nursing & Health Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI:10.1002/nur.22419

Yanjia Liu, Chong Chin Che, Mukhri Hamdan, Mei Chan Chong

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Abstract

Empowering pregnant women is a crucial process that healthcare providers should evaluate, as empowerment is a meaningful indicator that can reflect the impact of health promotion and education in antenatal care. The Empowerment Scale for Pregnant Women (ESPW) is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring empowerment. The cross-sectional study was conducted to translate and validate the psychometric properties of the ESPW among 526 pregnant women in China. The forward-backward method was used to translate the English version of the ESPW into the Chinese version. Reliability was examined with the internal consistency and test-retest coefficients. Validity was analyzed with structural, dimensionality, convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity. The Cronbach's α value of 0.97 and the intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.98 (95% confidence interval [CI], [0.96, 0.99]) demonstrated excellent internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that five factors with eigenvalues > 1 explained 68.41% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis verified an acceptable model that fit the data exceptionally. The Chinese-translated version of the ESPW (CV-ESPW) had acceptable convergent and discriminant validity. Concurrent validity was supported by the correlation between the total scores of the CV-ESPW and the Chinese version of the Patient Perceptions of the Empowerment Scale (r = 0.64, p < 0.001). The CV-ESPW is a valid and reliable assessment tool for measuring pregnant women's empowerment in China and can potentially contribute to evaluating the effectiveness of programs that empower pregnant women.

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中文版孕妇赋权量表的心理计量验证。

增强孕妇能力是医护人员应该评估的一个重要过程，因为增强能力是一个有意义的指标，可以反映产前护理中健康促进和教育的影响。孕妇赋权量表（ESPW）是一种可靠有效的赋权测量工具。本研究对中国 526 名孕妇进行了横断面研究，翻译并验证了 ESPW 的心理测量学特性。研究采用了前向-后向法将英文版的ESPW翻译成中文版。信度采用内部一致性和重复测试系数进行检验。效度分析包括结构效度、维度效度、收敛效度、判别效度和并发效度。Cronbach's α 值为 0.97，类内相关系数为 0.98（95% 置信区间[CI]，[0.96, 0.99]），显示了良好的内部一致性和测试-再测可靠性。探索性因子分析显示，特征值大于 1 的五个因子解释了总方差的 68.41%。确认性因子分析验证了一个可接受的模型，该模型与数据异常吻合。ESPW的中译本（CV-ESPW）具有可接受的收敛效度和区分效度。CV-ESPW 的总分与中文版患者感知赋权量表之间的相关性（r = 0.64，p＜0.05）支持了并发效度。

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Research in Nursing & Health 医学-护理

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3.90

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Research in Nursing & Health ( RINAH ) is a peer-reviewed general research journal devoted to publication of a wide range of research that will inform the practice of nursing and other health disciplines. The editors invite reports of research describing problems and testing interventions related to health phenomena, health care and self-care, clinical organization and administration; and the testing of research findings in practice. Research protocols are considered if funded in a peer-reviewed process by an agency external to the authors’ home institution and if the work is in progress. Papers on research methods and techniques are appropriate if they go beyond what is already generally available in the literature and include description of successful use of the method. Theory papers are accepted if each proposition is supported by research evidence. Systematic reviews of the literature are reviewed if PRISMA guidelines are followed. Letters to the editor commenting on published articles are welcome.