Psychometric testing of the Chinese version of the Perinatal Infant Care Social Support tool: a methodological study.
Feiyan Yi, Sukhee Ahn, Miyeon Park
PMID 38987917WHAT IT FOUND
A Chinese 19-item questionnaire for first-time mothers gave consistent scores across practical, informational, and support-system help.
It lined up with postpartum support and depression symptoms, but it has not been shown to improve care.
Key findings
01The C-PICSS showed internal consistency of .87 to .89 for subscales and .93 overall.
02Exploratory factor analysis supported three domains: practical support, informational support, and support system, explaining 63.83% of variance.
03C-PICSS scores correlated positively with postpartum social support (r=.62) and negatively with postpartum depression (r=-.38).
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What it does not show
Only first-time mothers at one hospital in Hebi City were studied, so results may not apply to mothers with more children or other settings. The tool did not include smartphone or social-network sources of support, which the authors say may be important for Chinese mothers. The study used self-report at one time point, so it did not show how support changes over the postpartum period. It tested measurement properties only; it did not test whether using the C-PICSS improves care or outcomes.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest. Funding was from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF No. 2020R1A2C201086511).
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that using the C-PICSS improves postpartum care. It showed consistent and valid scores in 150 first-time Chinese mothers, but no patient outcomes were tested.