Objective To test the
reliability and validity of the
Chinese version of the
Pregnancy Exercise Self-
Efficacy Scale(P-ESES) among
Chinese population.
Methods The
Chinese version of P-ESES was translated from the original one,
back-translated and adjusted for cultural adaptation. The
reliability and validity were tested among 274 eligible
pregnant women recruited in one obstetric
outpatient clinic from a
tertiary hospital in Guangzhou using convenience sampling. Results The content validity index (CVI) of the
Chinese version of P-ESES was 0.98.
Factor analysis extracted three common factors,which explained 60.649% of the total variance,and each item had high fac-tor loading quantity(>0.4). The
test-retest reliability was 0.531,and Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.804. Conclusion The
Chinese version of the P-ESES has been proved to be reliable and valid. It is a valuable tool for evaluating
exercise self-
efficacy among
pregnant women in
mainland China.