Design and psychometric evaluation of the fathers' fear of childbirth scale: a mixed method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fear of childbirth is reported in 13% of fathers, and it may have adverse consequences for the fathers' health as well as their families. To reduce the fear of childbirth in the expectant fathers, an appropriate screening tool is needed. Due to the lack of a valid and reliable questionnaire to measure fathers' fear of childbirth, this study was conducted to develop the Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale and evaluate its psychometric properties.

Methods

This mixed method study was conducted in two phases. In the qualitative phase (or item generation), semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 expectant fathers, and a literature review was performed to generate the Fathers' Fear of Childbirth Scale items pool. In the quantitative phase (or psychometric evalua

SUBMITTER: Ghaffari SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7981919 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature