Concerns of childbearing women: a Maternal Concerns Questionnaire as an assessment tool.
OBJECTIVE
To determine if a tool measures maternal concerns in different populations of women.


METHODS
Secondary analysis of data in five master's theses using the Maternal Concerns Questionnaire.


METHODS
Data were collected in postpartum units and homes. Populations were composed of rural and urban women.


METHODS
Five groups of childbearing women (N = 187) during the antepartum or postpartum periods.


RESULTS
Subjects responded to 46 items related to concerns about themselves and their infants, partners, families, and community activities.


RESULTS
The Maternal Concerns Questionnaire discriminates specific concerns between populations.


CONCLUSIONS
The Maternal Concerns Questionnaire can be used in clinical practice to identify the specific concerns of mothers. The information gained can be used to individualize nursing-care plans and to measure outcomes.
Sheil
E P
EP
School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 53201, USA.
Bull
M J
MJ
Moxon
B E
BE
Muehl
P A
PA
Kroening
K L
KL
Peterson-Palmberg
G
G
Kelber
S
S
D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results