This study of Inventory of Functional Status After Childbirth (IFSAC) was planned to measure its validity and reliability in Turkish women. The study was carried out on women registered at 21 Health Clinics associated with The Denizli Health Department. The clinics used in the study were divided into 3 socioeconomics levels, ie, low, middle and high. These classifications were made by evaluating the local residents socioeconomics levels using the randomly chosen statistics technique. After dividing the clinics according to this criteria, 3 different clinics were selected as subjects for the study. The 191 women formed the sample of the study. Inventory Of Functional Status After Childbirth and questionnaire which determined the sociodemographic characteristic and other variables of the women had been excluded in order to obtain data. Cronbachs alpha internal consistency reliability coefficients ranged 0.83 for Household Activities, 0.66 for Social and Community Activities, 0.68 for Infant Care Responsibilities, 0.53 for Self-Care Activities, 0.67 for Occupational Activities, 0.75 for total IFSAC. Average corelations for the sub-scala item to subscale total scores ranged from 0.28 to 0.54 while subscale to total IFSAC score correlations ranged from 0.22 to 0.79. Test-retest reability coefficients ranged from 0.91 to 0.99 and the total IFSAC score was 0.99. IFSAC subscale correlations ranged from 0.13 to 0.58. The relationship between the womens length of marriage, the number of and births, the amount of social support recieved, their age and place of delivery, infant feeding methods and after childbirth functional status was established. It was also determined that as the number of postpartum weeks increased the women became more functional. According to results, The validity and reliability of IFSAC has been determined. Midwives, nurses and other health professionals may use the IFSAC to assess functional status following childbirth. Establishing the factors that determine the functional levels and assessing the functional situation after childbirth in our country will enable women to receive holistic treatments and postpartum adaptation.
Key words: inventory of functional status after childbirth, motherhood, postpartum period Article Language: Turkish English
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