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Postnatal quality of life assessment: validation of the Mother‐Generated Index
Author(s) -
Symon Andrew,
McGreavey Jacqui,
Picken Carol
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2003.02030.x
Subject(s) - index (typography) , quality of life (healthcare) , construct validity , face validity , construct (python library) , psychology , measure (data warehouse) , quality (philosophy) , gerontology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , applied psychology , computer science , data mining , philosophy , epistemology , world wide web , psychotherapist , programming language
Quality of life is multifactorial, but may not be adequately assessed using existing validated health measures. The Mother‐Generated Index, a subjective tool to measure postnatal quality of life, was assessed in a study of 102 women in Tayside, Scotland. They specified the most important areas of their lives having had a baby, and scored these. The Index showed good correlation with established measures of physical and psychological wellbeing, and accurately tracked attitudes towards the baby and the partner. Face, criterion and construct validity were all demonstrated. As both content and scoring are subjectively determined, the Index encourages a holistic assessment.