The Spanish version of the Fatigue Assessment Scale: reliability and validity assessment in postpartum women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fatigue is the most widely reported symptom by women during pregnancy, labour, the postpartum period, and early parenting. The objective was to translate the Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS) into Spanish and assess its psychometric properties.

Methods

Instrumental Design. The FAS was translated into Spanish (FAS-e) using forward and back translation. A convenience sample was constituted with 870 postpartum women recruited at discharge from 17 public hospitals in Eastern Spain. Data was obtained from clinical records and self-administered questionnaires at discharge. Internal consistency, factor structure, comparisons between known groups and correlations with other variables were assessed.

Results

Cronbach's alpha coefficient was .80. Findings on the dimensio

SUBMITTER: Cano-Climent A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5622603 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature