TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric Assessment of Infant Colic Scale in Iranian Population
AU - Montazeri, Reihaneh
AU - Hasanpour, Shirin
AU - Mirghafourvand, Mojgan
AU - Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari
AU - Gharehbaghi, Manizheh Mostafa
AU - Bani, Soheila
N1 - Funding Information:
obtained from them. The Ethics Committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences confirmed the study (ethical code: IR.TBZMED. REC.1398.957). Funding The project was financed by Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Grant No. 64083). The funding was spent on sampling and conducting the study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author (s).
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Introduction: Infant colic, causing excessive crying, poses anxiety for parents and a challenge for pediatricians and nurses. The Infant Colic Scale (ICS) serves to assess the severity and causal factors of colic. Despite its significance, the psychometric properties of ICS have not been evaluated in the Iranian population. This study seeks to address this gap by assessing the psychometric properties of ICS in Iran. Methods: A sample of 220 mothers with 2-16-week-old term infants diagnosed with infantile colic was selected through convenience sampling. Following forward and back-translation, the face validity, content validity, and construct validity of ICS were systematically evaluated. Reliability was examined through both internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) and test-retest stability methods. Results: Content validity index (CVI) and content validity ratio (CVR) values for ICS were 0.94 and 0.81, respectively. The good fit indices confirmed the validity of the five-factor structure. Cronbach's alpha coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were 0.71 and 0.94, respectively. Conclusion: The Persian version of ICS is a valid and reliable tool, suitable for assessing infantile colic in the Iranian population. Future studies and clinical practice can utilize this tool to identify major causes of this disorder in the Iranian context.
AB - Introduction: Infant colic, causing excessive crying, poses anxiety for parents and a challenge for pediatricians and nurses. The Infant Colic Scale (ICS) serves to assess the severity and causal factors of colic. Despite its significance, the psychometric properties of ICS have not been evaluated in the Iranian population. This study seeks to address this gap by assessing the psychometric properties of ICS in Iran. Methods: A sample of 220 mothers with 2-16-week-old term infants diagnosed with infantile colic was selected through convenience sampling. Following forward and back-translation, the face validity, content validity, and construct validity of ICS were systematically evaluated. Reliability was examined through both internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) and test-retest stability methods. Results: Content validity index (CVI) and content validity ratio (CVR) values for ICS were 0.94 and 0.81, respectively. The good fit indices confirmed the validity of the five-factor structure. Cronbach's alpha coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were 0.71 and 0.94, respectively. Conclusion: The Persian version of ICS is a valid and reliable tool, suitable for assessing infantile colic in the Iranian population. Future studies and clinical practice can utilize this tool to identify major causes of this disorder in the Iranian context.
KW - Colic
KW - Infant
KW - Iran
KW - Psychometric
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85180959770
U2 - 10.34172/jcs.2023.31959
DO - 10.34172/jcs.2023.31959
M3 - Article
C2 - 38250002
AN - SCOPUS:85180959770
SN - 2251-9920
VL - 12
SP - 228
EP - 234
JO - Journal of Caring Sciences
JF - Journal of Caring Sciences
IS - 4
ER -