Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Men's Worry about Their Wives' High Risk Pregnancy Questionnaire.
Nayere Azam Hajikhani, Giti Ozgoli, Taghi Pourebrahim and 4 others
PMID 30035135WHAT IT FOUND
A new questionnaire captured men's worry during their wives' high-risk pregnancy across pregnancy and delivery, newborn health, maternal health, and family issues.
In 370 men, scores were consistent and related to a general symptom checklist, but this does not show it changes care.
Key findings
01Interviews with 40 expectant fathers produced four worry themes: pregnancy and delivery, neonatal health, maternal health, and personal-family issues.
02The 370 men's total questionnaire showed acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.91).
03Four components explained 57.47% of the variance in questionnaire scores.
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What it does not show
The questionnaire was developed and tested only in men with wives who had a high-risk pregnancy in Gorgan, Iran, and among Persian-speaking men without known mental illness. The study did not test the questionnaire as a nurse-delivered assessment or as part of an intervention to improve maternal, neonatal, or family outcomes. The confirmatory factor analysis was done on the same sample used for exploratory factor analysis, so the structure needs testing in a new sample. The authors state that psychometric evaluation in low-risk pregnancies is still needed.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that the questionnaire improves care or that men's worry predicts patient outcomes. It was developed to measure worry and was checked for consistency and factor structure in 370 men without known mental illness.