Validity and Reliability Study of the Childbirth Trauma Index

Hacer Yalniz Dilcen; Hülya Yurteri Türkmen; Ali Erdoğan

doi:10.1891/JNM-D-20-00103

Validity and Reliability Study of the Childbirth Trauma Index

J Nurs Meas. 2021 Sep 13:JNM-D-20-00103. doi: 10.1891/JNM-D-20-00103. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Hacer Yalniz Dilcen¹, Hülya Yurteri Türkmen², Ali Erdoğan³

Affiliations

¹ Bartýn University, Turkey hdilcen@bartin.edu.tr.
² Balýkesir University, Turkey.
³ Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.

PMID: 34518392
DOI: 10.1891/JNM-D-20-00103

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to seek evidence for the validity and reliability of the Childbirth Trauma Index Scale, originally developed by Anderson for adolescents, among women in 18-45 age group.

Method: Two hundred twenty women who were in the postpartum period until 72 hours after birth were included in the study. In the study, the Impact of Events Scale was used to test the criterion validity of the Childbirth Trauma Index Scale, being adapted to Turkish.

Results: The goodness of fit values obtained by the first level CFA (x² (19, N = 220) 91.75; p < .01; x²/SD = 4.82; CMIN: 91,75; RMSEA = 0.132; CFI = .90; GFI = .90) shows that the proposed two-factor model is acceptable in accordance with the data.

Conclusion: Birth Trauma Index is recommended to be used as a data collection tool in postpartum clinics and primary health care services by health personnel in order to detect postpartum birth trauma.

Keywords: Childbirth Traumatic Scale; childbirth trauma; postpartum.