Development,reliability and validity of a fall risk assessment scale for pregnant women during childbirth
YI Tongying
Abstract：Objective To develop a fall risk assessment scale for pregnant woman during childbirth and test its reliability and validity.Methods primary index items were established through literature review,the index items at all levels were further optimized through cognitive interviews with pregnant women.The initial scale was constructed after two rounds of Delphi expert.200 pregnant women were selected by convenience sampling to conduct a questionnaire survey,test the reliability and validity of the scale.Results The test-retest reliability of the pregnant women's fall risk assessment scale during childbirth was 0.925,the inter-rater reliability was 0.926 (>0.7),the KMO value was 0.801(>0.6).Conclusions The developed risk assessment scale for falls during childbirth has good reliability and validity,and it could screen out pregnant woman with a high risk of falls effectively.
Keywords：Pregnant womanFalling during childbirthRisk assessment scaleReliabilityValidity
Publication Date：2024-11-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 531-534 )