Development and validation of a self-management self-efficacy scale for premature birth prevention (SMSE-PBP) for women of childbearing age.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to develop and evaluate the validity and reliability of a self-management self-efficacy for premature birth prevention (SMSE-PBP) in women of childbearing age (WCA).

Methods

Instrument development and validation were undertaken in three phases: conceptualization, item generation and evaluation of content validity, and evaluation of construct and concurrent validity and reliability. Data were analyzed using exploratory and second-order confirmatory factor analyses, and concurrent validity was examined using Pearson's correlation coefficients. The reliability was analyzed using omega hierarchical and Cronbach's ⍺.

Results

Content validity was assessed by experts and cognitive interviews of WCA. The SMSE-PBP consists of a second-order 3-dimens

SUBMITTER: Kim SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877791 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature