Table 4 Methodological quality of studies on the measurement properties of the W-DEQ-PROM
From: The psychometric properties of fear of childbirth instruments: a systematic review
PROM | Authors, year, country | Measurement properties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Structural Validity | Internal consistency | Reliability | Construct validity | ||
W-DEQ-A | K. Wjma', et al. [31], Sweden | NR | V (?) | V ( +) | V (in line with H1,H2 & H3) |
Korukcu et al., [47], Turkey | V ( −) | I (?) | NR | A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) A ( −) (in line with hypothesis 3) A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Takegata et al., [53], Japan | A (?) | V (?) | A ( +) | V ( +) (in line with hypothesis 1) A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) V ( +) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Fenaroli & Saita, [63], Italy | V ( +) | V ( +) | NR | V ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) V ( −) (in line with hypothesis 2) | |
Lukasse et al., [48] | A (?) | V (?) | NR | NR | |
Abedi et al., [44], Iran | A (?) | V (-) | NR | A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) A ( −) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Mortazavi, [66], Iran | V ( +) | V ( +) | NR | V ( +) (in line with hypothesis 1) V ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) | |
Moghaddam Hosseini et al., [49], Hungary | V ( +) | V ( +) | NR | A ( −) (in line with hypothesis 2 A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Andaroon et al., [67], Iran | A (?) | V ( −) | NR | A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Khwepeya et al., [55], Malawi | V ( −) | V ( −) | NR | V ( +) (in line with hypothesis 3) A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Pitel et al., [50], Slovakia | A (?) | V ( −) | NR | I ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) I ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) I ( −) (in line with hypothesis 3) I ( +) (in line with hypothesis 3) I ( +) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Ortega-Cejas et al., [57], Spain | V ( −) | V (?) | A ( +) | NR | |
Onchonga et al., [56], Kenya | V ( −) | V (?) | NR | A ( −) (in line with hypothesis 2) V ( −) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Lai et al., [64], China | A (?) | V (?) | A ( +) | A ( −) (in line with hypothesis 2) V ( −) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Han et al., [46], China | V ( −) | V (?) | NR | V ( +) (in line with H1) | |
Massae et al., [65], Tanzania | A (?) | V (-) | NR | NR | |
Roosevelt et al. [51] | V (?) | I (?) | NR | V ( +) (in line with H1) V ( +) (in line with H2) | |
Varela et al. [54], Greece | V ( +) | V ( +) | NR | V ( +) (in line with H2) | |
Souto et al., [52], Portugal | V ( +) | V ( +) | NR | NR | |
W-DEQ-B | K. Wjma', et al. [31], Sweden | NR | V (?) | V ( +) | NR |
Fenaroli & Saita, [63], Italy | V ( +) | V ( +) | NR | V ( −) (in line with hypothesis 2) V ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) | |
Korukcu et al., [60], Turkey | V (-) | V (?) | NR | A ( −) (in line with hypothesis 2) | |
Takegata et al., [61], Japan | A (?) | V (?) | NR | A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) | |
Mortazavi, [66], Iran | V ( +) | V ( +) | NR | V ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2 and for factors 1, 2, 3 & 5) V (-) (in line with hypothesis 2 and for factors 4, 6, 7) | |
Jha et al., [59], India | A (?) | V (-) | NR | I ( −) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Abbaspoor et al., [58], Iran | A (?) | V (-) | V ( +) | V (-)(in line with hypothesis 2) | |
Roldán-Merino et al., [62], Spain | V (-) | V (?) | A ( +) | NR | |
Lai et al., [64], China | V (-) | V (?) | A ( +) | A ( +) (in line with hypothesis 2) V ( −) (in line with hypothesis 3) | |
Massae et al., [65], Tanzania | V ( +) | V ( +) | NR | NR | |