Validation of the Korean version of the Perinatal Infant Care Social Support scale: a methodological study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to develop and test the validity and reliability of the Korean version of the Perinatal Infant Care Social Support (K-PICSS) for postpartum mothers.

Methods

This study used a cross-sectional design. The K-PICSS was developed through forward-backward translation. Online survey data were collected from 284 Korean mothers with infants 1-2 months of age. The 19-item K-PICSS consists of functional and structural domains. The functional domain of social support measures infant care practices of postpartum mothers. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and known-group comparison were used to verify the construct validity of the K-PICSS. Social support and postpartum depression were also measured to test criterion validity. Psychometric testing was

SUBMITTER: Park M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9328642 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature