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Midwifery ; 25(4): 366-72, 2009 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17997203

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OBJECTIVE: to assess the test-retest reliability of the Greek version of the Kuopio Instrument for Fathers (KIF) questionnaire that explores fathers' feelings, experiences and preparation for their wife/partner's delivery. DESIGN: the KIF questionnaire was translated into Greek, back translated and adapted to the Greek population. After a pilot test, it was administered to a sample of fathers. Originally, 149 fathers completed the KIF questionnaire, and they were asked to complete it once again 1-2 weeks later. FINDINGS: out of a sample of 149 fathers, 72 (48.3%) returned the retest questionnaire. Sixty-five of these fathers had completed all the items, and thus only these cases were included in the data analysis. The mean age of the sample was 35.42+/-7.55 years. For 34 (52.3%) fathers, this was their first child. The mean total test score of fathers for the 35-item scale that assessed the feelings related to their wife/partner's delivery was 99.09+/-11.88 and the mean total retest score was 102.30+/-9.99. The correlation coefficient between the two scores was 0.975 (p<0.001). The mean total test and retest scores for the 19-item scale that evaluated the experiences related to their wife/partner's delivery were 50.78+/-17.57 and 49.59+/-18.21, respectively. The correlation coefficient was 0.947 (p<0.001). The intraclass correlation coefficients for the items of both scales ranged from 0.73 to 0.99, exceeding 0.85 in most cases. CONCLUSION: the test-retest properties of the KIF questionnaire in the Greek population proved to be very satisfactory. Future validation and longitudinal studies are necessary to refine the instrument.


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Fathers/psychology , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Parturition , Surveys and Questionnaires , Adult , Delivery, Obstetric/psychology , Female , Greece , Humans , Male , Pregnancy , Professional-Family Relations , Reproducibility of Results , Translating
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