Content Validity of Infertility Quality of Life Questionnaire Among Women with Infertility in Treatment (original) (raw)

Background: Infertility treatment is highly stressful for women. European Society for human reproduction suggests that measuring the quality of life of infertile women is important for effective psychological care(1). Objective:The present study aims to establish content validity of Infertility quality of life questionnaire. The researcher aims to measure quality of life using eight major constructs. They are Emotion, Belief, Behaviour, Familial, Marital, Religiosity, Social Self and Treatment. It is a paper pencil test and measures responses of participants on a 5-point rating scale. Method and Procedure:The study was conducted in two phases. During instrument design phase (phase one), the researcher a) identifiedthe constructs of the questionnaire using in-depth interviews and review of the literature and b) generated items for each construct. Phase two involved face validity, the content validity (expert judgement)and pretesting the questionnaire. The researcher procured feedback...