Translation and Validation of Maternal Confidence Questionnaire (MCQ) In Iran: Persian Version

Mother's confidence is defined as the understanding of the mother of her ability to take care of the child and knowing his/her needs. The Maternal Confidence Questionnaire (MCQ) is designed to measure a mother's confidence in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The aim of this study was...

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Published in:Child care in practice : Northern Ireland journal of multi-disciplinary child care practice 2023-02, Vol.ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), p.1-18
Main Authors: Alinejad-Naeini, Mona, Ashghali Farahani, Mansoureh, Abolhasan Choobdar, Farhad, Aliyari, Roqayeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Maternal confidence questionnaire
preterm neonate
psychometrics
reliability
validity
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Summary:Mother's confidence is defined as the understanding of the mother of her ability to take care of the child and knowing his/her needs. The Maternal Confidence Questionnaire (MCQ) is designed to measure a mother's confidence in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The aim of this study was to validate a Persian version of the MCQ for Iranian mothers. The MCQ was translated into Persian using a forward-backward method. Validity was assessed using face, content, and construct validity measures. Based on the result of face validity, all items of the scale are appropriate, clear and relevant for using. Bartlett's test (KMO = 0.92, PV
ISSN:1357-5279
1476-489X
DOI:10.1080/13575279.2022.2119206