Quality of Life instruments and their psychometric properties for use in parents during pregnancy and the postpartum period: a systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify instruments used to measure parents' Quality of Life (QoL) during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and to describe their characteristics and psychometric properties.

Methods

For this scoping review we conducted systematic literature searches in MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO, CINAHL and HaPI in mid-December 2020, to identify studies evaluating psychometric properties. The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) were used to define and categorize psychometric properties. Two reviewers screened the studies independently, and customized screening questions were used to assess eligibility against inclusion criteria. Data were systematically extracted into a predesigned data charting matrix, and descriptively anal

SUBMITTER: Brekke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9271249 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature