Translation and validation study of the Malaysian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire - CEQ

Establishing maternity services in a medical institution needs to be monitored to target client satisfaction which can be implemented by using a validated questionnaire such as the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ). The objective of this study is to translate the English version of CEQ into...

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Main Authors: Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab, Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef
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description Establishing maternity services in a medical institution needs to be monitored to target client satisfaction which can be implemented by using a validated questionnaire such as the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ). The objective of this study is to translate the English version of CEQ into Malay language; Bahasa Malaysia (BM) and to validate this Malaysian version. Two forward and backward translations were done in BM in accordance to guideline, and its validation was determined by using confirmatory factor analysis. A total of 400 pregnant women presented for labour at the Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Pahang state, Malaysia were approached to represent Malaysian population for reliability and validity purposes. Reliability of Malaysian Childbirth Experience Questionnaire revealed good Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.70. Construct validity, evaluated using exploratory factor analysis, had good factor loadings most of its items except 2 out of 22 items. The Malaysian Childbirth Experience Questionnaire had good psychometric properties among the tested population. Further studies are needed to verify these preliminary outcomes especially for higher analysis such Confirmatory factor analysis to affirm the validity among Malaysian population.
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spelling iium-636382018-05-16T07:38:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63638/ Translation and validation study of the Malaysian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire - CEQ Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RG551 Pregnancy Establishing maternity services in a medical institution needs to be monitored to target client satisfaction which can be implemented by using a validated questionnaire such as the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ). The objective of this study is to translate the English version of CEQ into Malay language; Bahasa Malaysia (BM) and to validate this Malaysian version. Two forward and backward translations were done in BM in accordance to guideline, and its validation was determined by using confirmatory factor analysis. A total of 400 pregnant women presented for labour at the Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Pahang state, Malaysia were approached to represent Malaysian population for reliability and validity purposes. Reliability of Malaysian Childbirth Experience Questionnaire revealed good Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.70. Construct validity, evaluated using exploratory factor analysis, had good factor loadings most of its items except 2 out of 22 items. The Malaysian Childbirth Experience Questionnaire had good psychometric properties among the tested population. Further studies are needed to verify these preliminary outcomes especially for higher analysis such Confirmatory factor analysis to affirm the validity among Malaysian population. Ektodermal Displazi Grubu - Türkiye 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63638/1/69M17_455_Ali_Sabri_Radeef%281%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63638/7/63638%20Translation%20and%20Validation%20Study%20of%20the%20Malaysian%20Version%20SCOPUS.pdf Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab and Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef (2018) Translation and validation study of the Malaysian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire - CEQ. Journal of International Dental and Medical Research, 11 (1). pp. 357-361. ISSN 1309-100X http://www.jidmr.com/journal/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/69M17_455_Ali_Sabri_Radeef.pdf
spellingShingle RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RG551 Pregnancy
Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab
Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef
Translation and validation study of the Malaysian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire - CEQ
title Translation and validation study of the Malaysian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire - CEQ
title_full Translation and validation study of the Malaysian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire - CEQ
title_fullStr Translation and validation study of the Malaysian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire - CEQ
title_full_unstemmed Translation and validation study of the Malaysian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire - CEQ
title_short Translation and validation study of the Malaysian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire - CEQ
title_sort translation and validation study of the malaysian version of the childbirth experience questionnaire - ceq
topic RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RG551 Pregnancy
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/63638/1/69M17_455_Ali_Sabri_Radeef%281%29.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/63638/7/63638%20Translation%20and%20Validation%20Study%20of%20the%20Malaysian%20Version%20SCOPUS.pdf