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The psychometric properties of the Barkin index of maternal functioning (BIMF) for the Iranian population
BACKGROUND: Mothers’ capability for childcare and compatibility with the maternal role represent important challenges in postpartum care. Given the significance of evaluating maternal functioning, and the lack of adequate standard instruments in Iran for this purpose, the present study was aimed at...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6925516/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31864337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-019-0859-2 |
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author | Mirghafourvand, Mojgan Barkin, Jennifer L. Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari Karami, Fatemeh Ghanbari-Homayi, Solmaz |
author_facet | Mirghafourvand, Mojgan Barkin, Jennifer L. Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari Karami, Fatemeh Ghanbari-Homayi, Solmaz |
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description | BACKGROUND: Mothers’ capability for childcare and compatibility with the maternal role represent important challenges in postpartum care. Given the significance of evaluating maternal functioning, and the lack of adequate standard instruments in Iran for this purpose, the present study was aimed at translating and conducting a psychometric assessment of the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning (BIMF) for Iranian women. METHODS: The instrument was translated into Persian using the Backward Forward method. The study included 530 women in the postpartum period admitted to healthcare centers in Tabriz, Iran; they were selected through the cluster sampling method. Face, content, and construct (through exploratory and confirmatory analyses) validity were presently examined. Reliability of the questionnaire was determined using the internal consistency and test-retest reliability methods. RESULTS: Two factors (mom’s needs and competency), emerged based on exploratory factor analysis. The x(2)/df ratio was less than 5, and the values of the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) and the Root Mean Square Residual (RMR) were less than 0.08 and 0.1, respectively, verifying the model validity. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) were calculated as 0.88 and 0.85, respectively, indicating reliability. CONCLUSION: The Persian version of the BIMF is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the postpartum functioning of Iranian mothers. |
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spelling | pubmed-69255162019-12-30 The psychometric properties of the Barkin index of maternal functioning (BIMF) for the Iranian population Mirghafourvand, Mojgan Barkin, Jennifer L. Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari Karami, Fatemeh Ghanbari-Homayi, Solmaz BMC Womens Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Mothers’ capability for childcare and compatibility with the maternal role represent important challenges in postpartum care. Given the significance of evaluating maternal functioning, and the lack of adequate standard instruments in Iran for this purpose, the present study was aimed at translating and conducting a psychometric assessment of the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning (BIMF) for Iranian women. METHODS: The instrument was translated into Persian using the Backward Forward method. The study included 530 women in the postpartum period admitted to healthcare centers in Tabriz, Iran; they were selected through the cluster sampling method. Face, content, and construct (through exploratory and confirmatory analyses) validity were presently examined. Reliability of the questionnaire was determined using the internal consistency and test-retest reliability methods. RESULTS: Two factors (mom’s needs and competency), emerged based on exploratory factor analysis. The x(2)/df ratio was less than 5, and the values of the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) and the Root Mean Square Residual (RMR) were less than 0.08 and 0.1, respectively, verifying the model validity. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) were calculated as 0.88 and 0.85, respectively, indicating reliability. CONCLUSION: The Persian version of the BIMF is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the postpartum functioning of Iranian mothers. BioMed Central 2019-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6925516/ /pubmed/31864337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-019-0859-2 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mirghafourvand, Mojgan Barkin, Jennifer L. Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari Karami, Fatemeh Ghanbari-Homayi, Solmaz The psychometric properties of the Barkin index of maternal functioning (BIMF) for the Iranian population |
title | The psychometric properties of the Barkin index of maternal functioning (BIMF) for the Iranian population |
title_full | The psychometric properties of the Barkin index of maternal functioning (BIMF) for the Iranian population |
title_fullStr | The psychometric properties of the Barkin index of maternal functioning (BIMF) for the Iranian population |
title_full_unstemmed | The psychometric properties of the Barkin index of maternal functioning (BIMF) for the Iranian population |
title_short | The psychometric properties of the Barkin index of maternal functioning (BIMF) for the Iranian population |
title_sort | psychometric properties of the barkin index of maternal functioning (bimf) for the iranian population |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6925516/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31864337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-019-0859-2 |
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