Validation of post-traumatic growth inventory in mothers with the experience of having the NICU-Hospitalized newborns "validation of post-traumatic growth inventory".
Nahid Bayrami, Maryam Rassouli, Azam Shirinabadi Farahani and 6 others
PMID 37147889WHAT IT FOUND
A Farsi questionnaire about growth after NICU stress kept its five parts and gave consistent scores in 250 Iranian mothers.
It may help nurses assess coping, but it does not show growth improves care.
Key findings
01The 21-item PTGI was accepted as a 5-factor model, and Cronbach's alpha was 0.94 among 250 analysed questionnaires.
02Mothers' mean post-traumatic growth score was 72.58 ± 14.19. The paper reports a maximum of 105 and a minimum of 33 for the total.
03In interviews with 10 mothers, no questionnaire expressions needed correction.
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What it does not show
The study used convenience sampling from teaching hospitals in Tehran, so the mothers may not represent other settings. The scale was tested only in Farsi-speaking Iranian mothers, so results may not apply to other languages or cultures. Mothers were asked 3 to 12 months after the NICU stay, so the timing may affect their reported growth. The paper reports only face validity, construct validity, and internal consistency; it does not test whether using the scale improves care. The sample was limited to mothers with no psychiatric history and no other stressful event, so it may not apply to more complex families. The authors state that the number of samples is a limitation for factor analysis. Table 4 reports a total maximum of 105 and also an inventory range of 0 to 150, and the text does not resolve this discrepancy.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that post-traumatic growth improves maternal or infant outcomes. The study only validated a questionnaire and measured scores; it did not test an intervention or follow outcomes.