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Table 4 The measurement characteristics of current postpartum quality of life instruments based on CASMIN classification

From: The Maternal Postpartum Quality of Life Instrument (MPQOL-I): development and psychometric evaluation in an exploratory sequential mixed-method study

Postpartum QoL tools

Tool creator & the year

Feasibility

Interpretability

Sensitivity

Measurement error

Stability

Internal consistency

Structural validity

Criterion validity

Content validity

MGI

Symon et al. 2003 [19]

N

N

N

N

N

N*

Y

Y

Y*

MAPP-QOL

Hill et al. 2006 [20]

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

PQOL

Zhou et al. 2009 [5]

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

MPQOL-I

Mokhtarian et al. 2021 [41]

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

  1. For more advanced evaluations, MPQOL-I has used McDonald’s Omega, AIC, CR, and Maximum Reliability H in addition to the above evaluations. Also, in addition to exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and convergent and divergent validity were used to evaluate the structural validity
  2. Y = yes; N = no
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

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