Making assessment locally relevant: measuring functioning for maternal depression in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We developed a locally relevant functioning assessment instrument (FAI) for pregnant women and mothers of young babies to complement a widely validated instrument-the World Health Organization's Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 12-item version. The FAI is an outcome measure in a randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of a lay counsellor administered intervention for distressed pregnant women in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

Methods

Nine items most commonly reported by 40 pregnant women or mothers with young babies in qualitative interviews were selected for the instrument, with a 10th item 'Other'. The FAI was validated with 142 pregnant women and mothers in Khayelitsha. Analysis was conducted to assess internal reliability, exploratory factor analysis and

SUBMITTER: Schneider M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4461654 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature