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Table 4 Psychometric evaluations of included instruments, reported according to COSMIN

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

Instrument

Measurement timepoint/period

Reliability [Reference to study evaluated in]

Validity [Reference to study evaluated in]

Responsiveness [Reference to study evaluated in]

Internal consistency

Reliability

Measurement error

Content validity

Structural validity

Hypotheses testing

Responsiveness

Short form 36-item Health survey (SF-36)

Pregnancy

√

[57, 58, 61, 63, 110]

   

√

[41]

  
 

Postpartum

√

[40, 59, 60, 62, 64]

 

√

[40]

   

√

[40]

RAND 36-item Health Survey (RAND-36)

Pregnancy + postpartum

√

[87]a

      

Short Form 12-item Health Survey (SF-12)

Pregnancy

√

[66, 69,70,71, 73]

   

√

[69]

 

√

[69]

 

Postpartum

√

[65, 72]

   

√

[67, 72]

√

[72]

 
 

Pregnancy + postpartum

√

[68]

√

[68]

     

Short Form 8-item Health Survey (SF-8)

Pregnancy

√

[91]

      

World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire Breif-version (WHOQOL-BREF)

Pregnancy

√

[45, 74, 75]

[37]b

   

√

[37] b

  
 

Postpartum

√

[38, 55, 76]

   

√

[38, 55]

√

[38]

 
 

Pregnancy + postpartum

√

[25c, 77]

   

√

[25]c

√

[25]c

√

[25]c

Quality of Life Scale (QOLS)

Postpartum

√

[81]

      

Nottingham Health Profile (NHP)

Postpartum

√

[51]

   

√

[51]

 

√

[51]

EUROHIS-QoL-8

 

√

[39]

      

EQ-5D-3L + EQ VAS

Postpartum

 

√

[80]

√

[40]

 

√

[80, 40]

 

√

[80, 40]

Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System 43 (PROMIS-43)

Pregnancy

√

[104]

      

Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Global Short Form (PROMIS GSF)

Pregnancy

√

[53]

   

√

[53]

  
 

Pregnancy + postpartum

√

[54]

   

√

[54]

√

[54]

 
 

Pregnancy + postpartum (9-item version)

√

[54]

   

√

[54]

√

[54]

√

[54]

Duke Health Profile (DUKE)

Pregnancy + postpartum

    

√

[109]

 

√

[109]

Maternal Quality of Life Index (M-QLI)

Pregnancy + postpartum

√

[110]

      

Mother Generated Index (MGI)

Pregnancy (Antenatal version)

    

√

[43, 44]

  
 

Postpartum (Postnatal version)

   

√

[56]

√

[42, 44, 46, 78]

√

[42]

 

Quality of life Gravidarum (QOL-GRAV)

Pregnancy

√

[45, 47, 79]

√

[47]

 

√

[47, 79]

√

[45, 47]

 

√

[45]

Maternal Postpartum Quality of Life Questionnaire (MAPP-QOL)

Postpartum

√

[52, 111]

√

[52]

 

√

[52]

√

[52, 111]

√

[111]

√

[111]

Rural postpartum quality of life (RPQOL)

Postpartum

√

[112]

√

[112]

  

√

[112]

  

Postpartum Quality of Life (PQOL)

Postpartum

√

[49, 50]

√

[49, 50]

 

√

[49, 50]

√

[48,49,50]

√

[49]

 

Short Form Postpartum Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-PQOL)

Postpartum

√

[48]

√

[48]

  

√

[48]

  
  1. Cross-cultural validity, criterion validity and interpretability are not included in the table as no studies reported on these properties
  2. aThis study evaluated one of eight subscales: social functioning
  3. bThis study evaluated three of four domains: physical health, psychological, and social relationships
  4. cThis study evaluated two of four domains: physical health and social relationships
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