Validation of the Malay Version of the Inventory of Functional Status after Childbirth Questionnaire

Abstract

Objective. This study was designed to examine the psychometric properties of Malay version of the Inventory of Functional Status after Childbirth (IFSAC). Design. A cross-sectional study. Materials and Methods. A total of 108 postpartum mothers attending Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia, were involved. Construct validity and internal consistency were performed after the translation, content validity, and face validity process. The data were analyzed using Analysis of Moment Structure version 18 and Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences version 20. Results. The final model consists of four constructs, namely, infant care, personal care, household activities, and social and community activities, with 18 items demonstrating acceptable factor loadings, domain to domain correlation, and best fit (Chi-squared/degree of freedom = 1.678; Tucker-Lewis index = 0.923; comparative fit index = 0.936; and root mean square error of approximation = 0.080). Composite reliability and average variance extracted of the domains ranged from 0.659 to 0.921 and from 0.499 to 0.628, respectively. Conclusion. The study suggested that the four-factor model with 18 items of the Malay version of IFSAC was acceptable to be used to measure functional status after childbirth because it is valid, reliable, and simple.

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Exploratory Factor Analysis of The Person-Centred Practice Inventory-Staff (PCPI-S) Questionnaire Among Malaysian Primary Healthcare Providers

“…Cross loadings were examined and small coe cients below 0.4 were suppressed. The percentage of variance explained was considered acceptable if exceeded 60% [21][22][23][24][25]. All responses were included in the analysis since responses were randomly missing with negligible impact upon removal.…”

Protocol for a cross-sectional study measuring person-centredness among healthcare providers in Malaysian primary care clinics: the adaptation and validation of the Person-Centred Practice Inventory-Staff (PCPI-S) Questionnaire

“…EFA is known as a data-driven method aiming to uncover the underlying structure of a relatively large set of variables, while CFA is a theory-driven method used for testing a priori hypothesis and application of both analyses to the same dataset should be strictly considered 17. Many researchers stressed the need to employ EFA as dimensionality of items may change when a study differs in terms of setting, culture, socioeconomic and lapse in time 18–23. Our study seeks to conduct further analysis and testing on appropriateness for use of the framework among Malaysian healthcare providers in a primary care context, and thereby explore the influential factors for a different set of target population and setting.…”

Developing and Validating the Measurement Model for Financial Literacy Construct Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis

“…Since Financial Literacy is a second-order construct with three components, the study needs to assess the strength of the correlation between these three components. The discriminant validity for the Financial Literacy construct is achieved if the coefficient of correlation among the components does not exceed 0.85 (Noor et al, 2015). The coefficient of correlation between the components is assessed and presented in Figure 3.…”