Liu, Yanjia and Che, Chong Chin and Hamdan, Mukhri and Chong, Mei Chan (2024) Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the empowerment scale for pregnant women. Research in Nursing & Health, 47 (6). pp. 659-668. ISSN 0160-6891, DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22419.
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Empowering pregnant women is a crucial process that healthcare providers should evaluate, as empowerment is a meaningful indicator that can reflect the impact of health promotion and education in antenatal care. The Empowerment Scale for Pregnant Women (ESPW) is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring empowerment. The cross-sectional study was conducted to translate and validate the psychometric properties of the ESPW among 526 pregnant women in China. The forward-backward method was used to translate the English version of the ESPW into the Chinese version. Reliability was examined with the internal consistency and test-retest coefficients. Validity was analyzed with structural, dimensionality, convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity. The Cronbach's alpha value of 0.97 and the intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.98 (95% confidence interval CI], 0.96, 0.99]) demonstrated excellent internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that five factors with eigenvalues > 1 explained 68.41% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis verified an acceptable model that fit the data exceptionally. The Chinese-translated version of the ESPW (CV-ESPW) had acceptable convergent and discriminant validity. Concurrent validity was supported by the correlation between the total scores of the CV-ESPW and the Chinese version of the Patient Perceptions of the Empowerment Scale (r = 0.64, p < 0.001). The CV-ESPW is a valid and reliable assessment tool for measuring pregnant women's empowerment in China and can potentially contribute to evaluating the effectiveness of programs that empower pregnant women.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | empowerment; pregnant women; psychometric; validation study |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Nursing Science Department Faculty of Medicine > Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2025 08:13 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2025 08:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/47508 |
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