Journal article
Professional issues in maternal mental health scale (PIMMHS): The development and initial validation of a brief and valid measure
European Journal of Midwifery, Vol.2(February)
2018
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION The life-threatening consequences of perinatal mental health problems\r\n(PMHP) are well documented. Midwives are ideally placed to effectively identify women at\r\nrisk and facilitate early intervention. However, a multitude of factors contribute to failure in\r\nrecognition and treatment. It would be of value for service providers to be able to identify\r\nkey professional issues in their own context. The present study sought to develop and\r\nevaluate a ‘professional issues in maternal mental health’ scale (PIMMHS), explore its\r\npsychometric properties and potential application.\r\nMETHODS A cross-sectional design and instrument evaluation approach was taken to\r\ninvestigate the psychometric properties of the PIMMHS. A total of 266 student midwives\r\nfrom 10 UK institutions completed the PIMMHS via Survey Monkey.\r\nRESULTS PIMMHS comprises two sub-scales of emotion/communication (PIMMHSEmotion\r\nsub-scale) and training (PIMMHS-Training sub-scale). Both PIMMHS subscales\r\ndemonstrate adequate divergent and convergent validity. Sub-optimal internal\r\nconsistency was observed for the training sub-scale, however, the PIMMHS-Training had\r\na more impressive effect size in terms of known-groups discriminant validity compared to\r\nPIMMHS-Emotion.\r\nCONCLUSIONS The PIMMHS appears to be a sound psychometric instrument for assessing\r\nprofessional issues that influence the practice of student midwives in PMH. The PIMMHS\r\ncould support education providers to identify areas for curriculum development, as well as\r\nmaternity services in proactive assessment of service provision, to identify training and\r\nservice development opportunities.
Details
- Title
- Professional issues in maternal mental health scale (PIMMHS): The development and initial validation of a brief and valid measure
- Creators
- Julie Jomeen (Author) - University of HullPatricia Jarrett (Author)Colin Martin (Author) - Buckinghamshire New University
- Publication Details
- European Journal of Midwifery, Vol.2(February)
- Publisher
- EU European Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991012870799902368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; School of Health and Human Sciences; Nursing
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article