Psychometric Properties of the Functional Social Support Domain of Perinatal Infant Care Social Support.
Carolina Vargas-Porras, Zayne Milena Roa-Díaz, Carme Ferré-Grau and 1 others
PMID 33047547WHAT IT FOUND
A Spanish version of a postpartum social-support questionnaire was understood by first-time mothers and experts, and scored consistently.
It gives nurses a way to ask about support, but it does not show any intervention works.
Key findings
01The Spanish functional social support domain was understood by first-time mothers and rated clear and precise by experts.
02In first-time mothers, the domain items formed two groupings: supporting presence, covering emotional and appraisal support, and practical support, covering informational and instrumental support.
03The Spanish domain gave consistent scores overall and within both groupings.
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What it does not show
The study included only healthy first-time mothers with term babies, so it does not show how the Spanish domain performs for mothers with illness or complicated births. Most mothers were assessed within one month postpartum, although the eligible window was up to six months, so the domain is less tested later in the postpartum period. The study tested measurement properties only. It did not test whether using the scale changes care or improves maternal or infant outcomes. The validation was done in a Colombian clinic sample, so it may not apply unchanged to other Spanish-speaking populations.
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The paper reports no funding.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that increasing social support improves postpartum outcomes. The study tested a Spanish questionnaire version, not a support intervention.