PORTUGUESE VERSION OF THE INVENTORY
OF FUNCTIONAL STATUS - FATHERS (IFS-F):
VALIDATION STUDY
Isabel Mendes -
PhD, RN, Coordinate Professor of ESEnfC
Sónia Coelho - RN, MScN, Nurse of Health Centre Baixo Mondego III- Bussaco-Atlântico
Rogério Rodrigues -
PhD, RN, Associate Professor of ESEnfC
isabelmendes@esenfc.p
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24th International Nursing Research Congress
Prague, Czech Republic● 22-26 July 2013
Portuguese version of the Inventory of Functional Status
-Fathers (IFS-F): Validation study
Background
Postpartum
Infant care
Personal care
Family responsability
Community responsability
Portuguese version of the Inventory of Functional Status
-Fathers (IFS-F): Validation study
Background
Paternal functional status is defined as:
A multidimensional concept that encompasses the continuation of or
increase in the man’s usual household, social and community,
childcare, personal care, occupational, and educational activities
during pregnancy and the postpartum, and his assumption of infant
care responsibilities during postpartum.
Portuguese version of the Inventory of Functional Status
-Fathers (IFS-F): Validation study
Objective: to validate the Inventory of Functional
Status-Fathers (IFS-F) to the Portuguese version,
showing its reliability and validity, adapted to
first-time fathers in the postpartum period.
Methods: The development of the Portuguese version
of IFS-F followed two directives
(a) the linguistic and cultural adaptation to Portuguese
language and
(b) the psychometric study of this version, comparing it
Portuguese version of the Inventory of Functional Status
-Fathers (IFS-F): Validation study
Methods:
IFS-F (7 dimensions - 51 items in a 5 point likert scale)
The Portuguese version of the IFS-F (used 6 dimensions related to
postpartum), was applied to an acidental non probabilistic sample
of 204 first-time fathers from a Health Centre, after the approval
of the ethic committee.
(inclusion criteria: read and write; pregnancy, delivery and
postpartum of the partner without complications; childbirth of a
term new born).
Portuguese version of the Inventory of Functional Status
-Fathers (IFS-F): Validation study
Results:
The test-retest of the inventory has a high temporal stability;
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The observed values of the coefficient
α
ranged from 0.332 to 0.753 internal consistency similar
to those found by the authors (Tulman, Fawcett and Weiss, 1993).
Comparison of psychometric properties of IFS-F and it’s dimensions in the original and Portuguese version
Dimensions
α global Portuguese
version (Mendes, Coelho
and Rodigues, 2010)
α global original version
(Tulman, Fawcett and
Weiss (1993)
Domestic activities
0,550
0,54
Social and community
activities
0,332
0,75
Care activities to the
newborn
0,753
0,73
Personal care activities
0,629
0,55
Occupational activities
0,678
0,67
Portuguese version of the Inventory of Functional Status
-Fathers (IFS-F): Validation study
Results:
First-time fathers showed better functional status:
professional activities,
community and social activities and housekeeping
First-time fathers showed poorer functional status:
educational training,
care of newborns and personal care activities
Older first-time fathers tend to show better functional
status at the level of household activities;
The functional status is partially influenced by employment
Portuguese version of the Inventory of Functional Status
-Fathers (IFS-F): Validation study
Results:
This study concludes that the functional status of
first-time fathers:
partially influenced by the father’s age and employment
situation.
isn’t affected by the father’s studies, residence, marital
Portuguese version of the Inventory of Functional Status
-Fathers (IFS-F): Validation study
Conclusion and implications for clinical practices:
the Portuguese version (IEF-P) adapted to the neonatal
period lead us to consider:
This instrument very useful to define the functional status
of the first-time fathers in the specific evaluation
dimensions, becoming right to the planning of family care
in the post partum;
Its utility as a guidance to health professionals to
evaluated and to promote a healthy involvement of
fathers during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum of
their partners.
Portuguese version of the Inventory of Functional Status
-Fathers (IFS-F): Validation study
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