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Published in: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 1/2019

Open Access 01-12-2019 | Gestational Diabetes | Research article

Quality of life questionnaire for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDMQ-36): development and psychometric properties

Authors: S. Mokhlesi, M. Simbar, F. Ramezani Tehrani, N. Kariman, H. Alavi Majd

Published in: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

Background

Gestational diabetes mellitus carries serious risks to mother and fetus and causes social, mental, and psychological consequences which can affect mothers’ quality of life. Accordingly, this study aims to develop and assess the psychometric properties of quality of life questionnaire for women with gestational diabetes mellitus.

Methods

A methodological study of sequential exploratory mixed method was developed and implemented. It included qualitative (development of a quality of life questionnaire for mothers with GDM) and quantitative (assessment of psychometric prosperities of quality of life questionnaire for mothers with GDM) phases.

Results

Based on the findings of the qualitative phase and literature review, the primary questionnaire was prepared with 142 items. The outcome of face validity and content validity assessment was a 67-item questionnaire. S-CVI and S-CVR turned out to be 0.92 and 0.68, respectively. The results of exploratory factor analysis yielded an instrument with 36 items in five domains including concerns about high-risk pregnancy, perceived constraints, disease complications, medication and treatment, and support. Five factors explained 46.68% of the total variance of the questionnaire. The results indicated a moderate and significant correlation between the questionnaire of “Diabetes Clients Quality Of Life” and the researcher-made questionnaire (r = 0.63). Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the entire scale was 0.93 and the intra-class correlation coefficient was 0.95.

Conclusion

Quality of life questionnaire for mothers with GDM is a valid and reliable tool capable of measuring the quality of life of women with GDM.
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Metadata
Title
Quality of life questionnaire for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDMQ-36): development and psychometric properties
Authors
S. Mokhlesi
M. Simbar
F. Ramezani Tehrani
N. Kariman
H. Alavi Majd
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2393
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2614-y

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