Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Birth Memories and Recall Questionnaire

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Objectives: This methodological study was designed to determine the validity and reliability of a Turkish version of the Birth Memories and Recall Questionnaire (BirthMARQ). Methods: The study sample consisted of 400 women who were patients of 9 family health centers in Eskisehir, Turkey, and who had a child aged 0–12 months. The data were collected using a sociodemographic data form, the BirthMARQ, and the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale. Validity and reliability analyses of the scale were performed using the responses of 387 women who completed the scales. Results: The linguistic validity of the BirthMARQ was determined to be sufficient after translation, back-translation, and expert consultation. The content validity index of the scale was 0.95. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin coefficient was 0.759 and the Bartlett chi-squared test value was 3079.458 (p<0.001). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.794 for the overall scale, and 0.797, 0.643, 0.760, 0.670, 0.785, and 0.725 for the subdimensions of emotional memory, ambivalent emo tional memory, centrality of memory to identity, coherence and reliving, sensory memory, and recall, respectively . The goodness of fit index was 0.091 for the root mean square error of approximation, 0.091 for the standardized root mean square residual, 0.85 for the goodness of fit index, 0.91 for the comparative fit index, 0.91 for the incremental fit index, 0.85 for the relative fit index, and 0.88 for the normed fit index. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the BirthMARQ is a valid and reliable measurement tool that will be valuable in practice and future research.