Table 5 Summary of Findings (Quality of the evidence for measurement properties results of the PROMS)
From: The psychometric properties of fear of childbirth instruments: a systematic review
PROM | Content validity | Structural validity | Internal consistency | Cross-cultural validity | Reliability | Construct validity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall rating1 | QoE2 | Overall rating | QoE | Overall rating | QoE | Overall rating | QoE | Overall rating | QoE | Overall rating | QoE | |
Fear of childbirth questionnaire (Areskog) |  ±  | Very lowa,b | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA |
FDQ |  ±  | Very lowa,b | ? | NA | ? | High | ? | NA | ? | NA | – | High |
W-DEQ-A |  ±  | Very lowa,b | – | Moderateb | – | Moderateb | ? | NA |  +  | High |  + (in line with H1, H2 & H3) | Moderate b |
W-DEQ-B |  ±  | Very lowa,b | – | Moderateb | – | Moderateb | ? | NA |  +  | High |  ± (in line with H2); - (in line with H3) | Moderate b |
DFS |  ±  | Lowa,b |  +  | High |  +  | High | ? | NA |  +  | High |  + (in line with H1); - (in line with H2;  + (in line with H3) | Moderate b |
Unnamed (Melender et al.) |  +  | Lowa | ? | Moderatea | ? | High | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA |
Unnamed (Eriksson) |  +  | Moderate a | ? | Moderatea | ? | Moderateb | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA |
Unnamed (Laursen et al.) [15] |  ±  | Very lowa,b | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | Very low a |
Unnamed (Waldenstro¨m et al. [40]) |  ±  | Very lowa,b | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA |
VAS |  ±  | Very lowa,b | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA |  +  | High |
FOBS |  ±  | Very lowa,b | ? | NA | ? | High | ? | NA |  +  | High | ? | High |
NRS |  ±  | Very lowa,b | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA |  + (in line with H1 &2) | High |
BAS |  ±  | Very lowa,b | ? | NA | ? | High | ? | NA | ? | NA | ? | NA |
SPECS |  +  | Moderatea | ? | Moderatea | ? | High | ? | NA | ? | NA |  +  | High |
Slade FCQ |  +  | High |  +  | High |  +  | High | ? | NA |  +  | High |  + (in line with H1) | High |
Fear of childbirth (Prelog et al.) | ? | Very lowa | ? | Moderatea | ? | High | ? | NA | ? | NA |  +  | High |
CFQ | ? | Very lowa |  +  | High |  +  | High |  +  | High | ? | NA |  + (in line with H1) - (in line with H2) | High |
CFS | ? | Moderatea | ? | Moderatea | ? | High | ? | NA |  +  | High |  + (in line with H1) | High |