Translation and validation of the French version of the ObsQoR-10 questionnaire for the evaluation of recovery after delivery: the ObsQoR-10-French
Authors' conclusion
The ObsQoR-10-French is a valid and reliable psychometric questionnaire, capable of assessing the quality of postpartum recovery in French-speaking populations.
Study context
- Population
- French women after vaginal delivery (spontaneous or induced labour) or emergency or elective Caesarean section (C-section)431 completed all timepoints
- Participants
- 500 women
- Outcome
- Psychometric validity of the ObsQoR-10-French (internal consistency, convergent and construct validity, reliability, responsiveness, scaling, acceptability, feasibility)
- Follow-up
- Before delivery, H24 and H48
Methodological detailstranslation and psychometric validation
- Translation and psychometric validation
Performance
As reported in the abstract
Psychometric properties of ObsQoR-10-French · H24
- Internal consistency, Cronbach's coefficient
- 0.81 (95% CI 0.78-0.84)
- Correlation with 11-item global health score
- P<0.001
- Construct validity hypotheses confirmed (negative associations with length of labour, hospital stay, need for C-section, emergency level of C-section)
- 81%
- Cohen effect size (responsiveness)
- 0.58
- Intra-class coefficient
- 0.90 (95% CI 0.86-0.93)
Further findings
Mode of delivery
- Vaginal delivery
- 352 (82%)
- Spontaneous labour
- 228 [53%]
- Induced labour
- 124 [29%]
- Emergency C-section
- 53 (12%)
- Elective C-section
- 26 (6%)
Original publication
Translation and validation of the French version of the ObsQoR-10 questionnaire for the evaluation of recovery after delivery: the ObsQoR-10-French. BJA Open. Published 17 August 2023. doi:10.
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