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Table 1 Eligibility criteria

From: Quality of Life instruments and their psychometric properties for use in parents during pregnancy and the postpartum period: a systematic scoping review

 

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Population

Mothers and/or fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum period up to 12 months post birth. Studies with parents with specific conditions related to pregnancy or the postpartum period were included when we considered the condition common to the pregnant and/or postpartum population, e.g. mild/moderate nausea and vomiting, pelvic floor and/or back pain, tear during birth. There were no restrictions regarding the parents' age, ethnicity, or residence, or the health care setting

We excluded studies in which more than 25% of the sample were parental subpopulations. Parental sub-population was defined as parents with, or parents of children with, a health-related diagnosis (e.g. cancer, HIV, heart failure, organ transplant, diabetes, incontinence) or specific life situation (e.g. violence, abuse, bullying). If psychometric properties were reported separately for the sub-population and the healthy population, the study was included

Instrument

We operationalized QoL instruments as generic or specific instruments developed to collect data on QoL, and we understood QoL as a subjective and multidimensional construct, as described in the introduction [4, 5]

We excluded studies of instruments specifically developed to identify QoL in a parental sub-population. Measurements of interrelated concepts such as satisfaction with life and well-being were excluded, as were studies that lacked or incorrectly referenced the original developer of the QoL instrument being reported. The latter exclusion criterion was because of such studies’ inability to report on information important for our understanding of which instrument was used in their study

Outcome

Psychometric properties. We understood psychometric properties as measurements of reliability, validity, responsiveness and/or interpretability as defined by COSMIN [15]. When multiple publications reported identical measures of psychometric properties from the same study and were based on the same population, we included the study that had the most comprehensive reporting of psychometric properties

Study design

We included studies of any design as long as it reported a psychometric evaluation of QoL

Language

English and Scandinavian languages

Year

Publications dating 1990–2020