TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of a new scale for measuring concerns of women undergoing assisted reproductive technologies (CART)
AU - Klonoff-Cohen, Hillary
AU - Natarajan, Loki
AU - Klonoff, Elizabeth
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - A new instrument was developed and assessed for internal consistency, validity and test-retest reliability. A total of 151 women undergoing IVF/GIFT in California rated concern levels about anesthesia, surgery, recovery time, side-effects, finances, missing work, pain, insufficient information and delivering a healthy baby. Validity was assessed by comparing CART to the Infertility Reaction Scale and Bipolar Profile of Moods States, and reliability was investigated by calculating correlations between repeat CARTs. Factor analysis identified three domains: procedural concerns; missing work; and achieving a successful delivery. CART is a new, valid and reliable instrument, which measures concerns during IVF/GIFT not previously identified by existing instruments.
AB - A new instrument was developed and assessed for internal consistency, validity and test-retest reliability. A total of 151 women undergoing IVF/GIFT in California rated concern levels about anesthesia, surgery, recovery time, side-effects, finances, missing work, pain, insufficient information and delivering a healthy baby. Validity was assessed by comparing CART to the Infertility Reaction Scale and Bipolar Profile of Moods States, and reliability was investigated by calculating correlations between repeat CARTs. Factor analysis identified three domains: procedural concerns; missing work; and achieving a successful delivery. CART is a new, valid and reliable instrument, which measures concerns during IVF/GIFT not previously identified by existing instruments.
KW - Concerns
KW - Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
KW - In vitro fertilization (IVF)
KW - Scale
KW - Validity
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U2 - 10.1177/1359105307074282
DO - 10.1177/1359105307074282
M3 - Article
C2 - 17284498
AN - SCOPUS:33846669861
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 12
SP - 352
EP - 356
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 2
ER -