Development of Postograph for the Healthcare Professionals in Selected Hospitals of Delhi

Abstract

Postpartum is the time after birth, a time in which the mother’s body, including hormone levels and uterus size, returns to a non-pregnant state. The purpose of the study was to develop and evaluate postograph for the healthcare professionals. The study has been carried out in different phases: (1). Preliminary preparation of postograph, (2). Validation of postograph through modified Delphi technique, (3). Pilot study (n=20), to assess the feasibility of postograph and pre-test the scale for the language and sequence of items. After this phase, final try out of postograph (n=220), validity (content validity, face validity, construct validity) of postograph through exploratory factor analysis was done. For assessing quality and adequacy of postograph, reliability was done. For internal consistency, Cronbach alpha was used, for stability test retest (r=0.95) was done. Postograph consists of 51 items and it is divided into two domains. Content validity of the postograph was checked by calculating CVI (content validity index). The value of CVI was 0.98. Construct validity was done through exploratory factors analysis. Cronbach’s alpha was used for internal consistency; the overall Cronbach’s alpha of present scale is 0.98. Hence, a valid and reliable postograph is developed for the healthcare professionals to evaluate condition of mother and newborn during postnatal period.