Psychometric evaluation and validation of Urdu Social Rank Scale for women with infertility in Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infertility negatively affects nearly all aspects of women's life and is a source of demotion in the rank/status of women that they have achieved after marriage. This social rank/status demotion due to infertility may result in depression and several other psychopathologies. No extant instrument is available to measure the phenomenon of social rank in women with infertility in Pakistan.

Objective

The aim of the current study was to evaluate the psychometric properties and validate the Social Rank Scale for women experiencing infertility in Pakistan.

Methodology

This study was conducted in four phases. The data were collected from women with primary infertility who visited hospitals all over Pakistan from 2016 to 2018. Social Rank Scale for Women with Infert

SUBMITTER: Mubashir AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10499518 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature