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Development and psychometric properties of maternal health literacy inventory in pregnancy

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  • Safoura Taheri
  • Mahmoud Tavousi
  • Zohre Momenimovahed
  • Ashraf Direkvand-Moghadam
  • Azita Tiznobaik
  • Zainab Suhrabi
  • Ziba Taghizadeh

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Background: Pregnancy is one of the most sensitive and important stages of women's life. Maternal health literacy is the key to achieving a healthy pregnancy. It also affects pregnancy outcomes by improving the quality of health care in this period. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of maternal health literacy inventory in pregnancy (MHELIP). Methods: This sequential, exploratory and mixed study was carried out in two parts (qualitative study and psychometric evaluation of the tool) in Tehran in 2016–18. The first part involved a qualitative content analysis with a traditional approach using in-depth, semi-structured and personal interviews with 19 eligible pregnant women. Then, the pool of items extracted from the qualitative part was completed by reviewing the existing literature and tools. In the second part, the overlapping items were summarized and the tool was validated. In order to evaluate the construct validity, a cross-sectional study was conducted with the participation of 320 pregnant women. Data analysis was performed by SPSS-19 software using exploratory factor analysis and reliability tests (Cronbach's alpha and ICC). Results: Findings of qualitative part produced a pool of 120 items that reached to 124 items after reviewing the literature. After confirming face and content validity by calculating CVI and CVR for each item, 53 items remained in the pool. Finally, the results of exploratory factor analysis confirmed a tool with 48 items in four factors, explaining 46.49% of the variance of total variables of the tool. Reliability of the tool was approved by Cronbach's alpha = 0.94 and test-retest with 2-weeks intervals, indicating an appropriate stability for the scale (ICC = 0.96). Finally, the tool was finalized with 48 items in 4 dimensions, including "Maternal Health Knowledge", "Maternal Health Information Search", "Maternal Health Information Assessment" and "Maternal Health Decision Making and Behavior". Conclusion: The designed tool is a multidimensional, reliable and validated scale for assessing maternal health literacy during pregnancy. This tool can be used to evaluate different aspects of maternal health literacy in pregnant women, which was prepared based on their experiences during a qualitative study.

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  • Safoura Taheri & Mahmoud Tavousi & Zohre Momenimovahed & Ashraf Direkvand-Moghadam & Azita Tiznobaik & Zainab Suhrabi & Ziba Taghizadeh, 2020. "Development and psychometric properties of maternal health literacy inventory in pregnancy," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(6), pages 1-14, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0234305
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234305
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    1. Li-Chun Chang & Yu-Chi Chen & Li-Ling Liao & Fei Ling Wu & Pei-Lin Hsieh & Hsiao-Jung Chen, 2017. "Validation of the instrument of health literacy competencies for Chinese-speaking health professionals," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(3), pages 1-15, March.
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