Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Body Understanding Measure for Pregnancy scale (BUMPs)

Abstract

Purpose This study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of the Body Understanding Measure for Pregnancy scale by adapting it to Turkish society. Design and Methods This methodological study was conducted with 265 pregnant women. Findings We performed exploratory factor analysis and determined that the scale consists of 17 items and 2 subdimensions. The two‐factor structure was confirmed as a result of the confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was 0.87. Practise Implications The Body Understanding Measure for Pregnancy scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for measuring the body satisfaction of pregnant women for Turkish society.

Body Image Assessment Tools in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review

“…Table 2 presents the characteristics of the 13 selected studies. Regarding location, our results highlight a global concern about the assessment of pregnant women's body image when identifying studies conducted on different continents: North America [24,25], South America [26,27], Europe [3,11,[28][29][30], Asia [31][32][33], and Oceania [34]. The selected articles were from Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), Brazil, Germany, Israel, Japan, Turkey, the United States of America (USA), and Iran, along with a multicenter study that examined pregnant women in the USA and Canada.…”

“…As a result, we identified 13 studies that met the inclusion criteria and which we subsequently carefully analyzed. We found seven questionnaires that assessed pregnant women's body image [3,[24][25][26]28,31,32], an instrument developed for the adult population and adapted for pregnant women [34], four articles on adapting scales to other cultures [11,27,29,30], and an instrument that assesses body dissatisfaction through a silhouette scale [33].…”

“…In addition to the existing concern surrounding the creation of new measures, the findings underscore researchers' interest in adapting instruments to other cultures. In all, we identified four studies that adapted scales for other countries [11,27,29,30]. Of these, two studies adapted the Body Image in Pregnancy Scale (BIPS) for Germany [30] and Brazil [27].…”

“…A negative body image during pregnancy can negatively impact women's health and wellbeing [10,11]. Body dissatisfaction during pregnancy is related to eating disorders [12], emotional instability, anxiety, and depression [1,13], with negative consequences for the fetus, such as low birth weight and low breastfeeding rates [6].…”

Workplace breastfeeding support for working women: A scale development study

“…KMO test was used to evaluate the suitability of the sample size for factor analysis. If this value is between 0.5 and 1.0, it is acceptable, and below 0.5 indicates that factor analysis is not suitable for the data set [22] , [36] . As a result of the analyzes made for this study, the KMO value in the study was found to be 0.910.…”