Xueyi Guan, Wenjian Zheng, Kaiyu Fan, Xu Han, Bohan Hu, Xiang Li, Zihan Yan, Zheng Lu, Jian Gong
Structural and functional changes following brain surgery in pediatric patients with intracranial space-occupying lesions
Brain imaging and behavior
maternal mental health including postpartum mental health essential womens health study aimed develop specific measure assessing postpartum depression literacy consequently evaluate psychometric properties among sample perinatal women investigation composed two studies developing measure evaluating psychometric properties developed questionnaire development stage item pool created based definition mental health literacy preliminary screening initial questionnaire developed content face validity questionnaire assessed second study psychometric properties questionnaire examined overall 692 perinatal women mean age 2763 years ranging 17 43 participated study item pool 86 items generated 31 items removed remaining 55 items subjected content face validity 16 items removed second stage 39item questionnaire namely postpartum depression literacy scale podlis evaluated principal component factor analysis 31 items loaded indicating 7factor solution questionnaire factors designated following constructs ability recognize postpartum depression knowledge risk factors causes knowledge belief selfcare activities knowledge professional help available beliefs professional help available attitudes facilitate recognition postpartum depression appropriate helpseeking knowledge seek information related postpartum depression finally performing confirmatory factor analysis postpartum depression literacy scale 31 items supported structures suggested theoretical model findings exploratory factor analysis cronbachs alpha coefficient scale 78 ranged 70 83 factor lending support internal consistency questionnaire findings suggest postpartum depression literacy scale podlis reliable valid instrument measuring postpartum depression literacy used studies mental health literacy women