Psychometric Assessment of the Mandarin Version of the Decisional Conflict Scale with Pregnant Women Making Prenatal Test Decisions

Women with high-risk pregnancies are often required to make choices about further prenatal testing for Down syndrome, but the decisional conflict they face is poorly understood. This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Mandarin version of the decisional conflict scale (M-DCS) in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Patient preference and adherence 2022-01, Vol.16, p.149-158
Hauptverfasser: Xiang, Jia-Ming, Sun, Ke, Zhao, Qian, Li, Han-Bing, Gao, Ling-Ling
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Women with high-risk pregnancies are often required to make choices about further prenatal testing for Down syndrome, but the decisional conflict they face is poorly understood. This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Mandarin version of the decisional conflict scale (M-DCS) in Chinese women with high-risk pregnancies making choices about further prenatal testing for Down syndrome. A methodological study was conducted to determine the psychometric properties of the M-DCS, specially, reliability and content, construct, and concurrent validity. The convenience sample comprised 240 pregnant women with high risk for Down syndrome attending the out-patient clinic of the study hospital in Guangzhou, China. The five-factor model of M-DCS was supported by confirmatory factor analysis with a satisfactory fit to the data (RMSEA
ISSN:1177-889X
1177-889X
DOI:10.2147/PPA.S346017